[11] In 2004 and 2006, the statue was covered in red paint. At the Minnesota State Capitol on Wednesday, a group of people at a rally tossed a rope around a statue of Columbus and tugged it to the ground, "This has been an ongoing conversation that we've been having for years with people who occupy this building (the capitol)," Mike Forcia with AIM of Twin Cities, a Native American advocacy group that organized the rally, told KMSP. 4 Ways To Keep Calm. In 1979, pro-Vietnam War activist and building contractor Arthur Stivaletta commissioned the statue. Support GBH. It’s just as personal for Mahtowin Munro. The statue was added in 1979. Yeah. Anybody can watch the polls on Election Day. The headless statue was … Stivaletta remarked, “We stand here before Christopher Columbus, in a country founded by people looking for political and religious freedom … to show support for nations searching for freedom.”[8], On Columbus Day 1982, the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park held a Catholic mass in front of the statue and laid a wreath on its pedestal. Here in Boston, a statue of the explorer in the North End was decapitated this month, then taken down and put in storage. Far older is the challenge of reckoning with Columbus’ legacy of slavery, torture and killing of Native Americans. But Munro points out that he’s also the start of a story that saw the death of millions of Native Americans and millions of black people enslaved. The Christopher Columbus Statue In Boston's North End Amid weeks of nationwide demonstrations for racial justice, public statues of Christopher Columbus — from D.C. to California — have come under heightened scrutiny, with statues being vandalized and ripped down by those who say the man's memory isn't something to celebrate. The beheaded statue of of Christopher Columbus in Boston. Columbus may be integral to the American story and the idea of a nation transformed by immigration. Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis star in a juicy mystery about the perils of late-life, Boston's Diversity Hiring Mandate For Construction Projects Is All Bark, No Bite, Arts This Week: 'Basquiat And The Hip-Hop Generation' And 'Adam Pendleton: Elements Of Me'. ", Elsewhere in the US, about 1,000 people gathered at Byrd Park in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday, according. Updated 0943 GMT (1743 HKT) June 11, 2020. "He’s absolutely the wrong guy to be celebrating," said Munro, the co-leader of United American Indians of New England and lead organizer of Indigenous Peoples Day MA, groups that have long fought to replace Columbus Day in Massachusetts with Indigenous Peoples Day, and remove the statue. [4] Conversely, other Catholics in Boston apparently did not appreciate the use of Columbus; in 1922, the Irish-American cardinal William Henry O'Connell removed a statue of Columbus from the Cathedral of the Holy Cross.[5]. [10], In the 2000s, the statue suffered vandalism such as being spray painted with the word "murderer. "But I get it. Stream GBH's Award-Winning Content For Parents And Children. Election Stress Getting To You? Sammarco said Stivaletta was a brilliant community organizer with political connections. I just wish they had done it a different way because it affects me personally.". "[11] In June 2006, the statue was decapitated in an apparent prank; the head was later located elsewhere in the North End. "Some people are, just, running away from the wave and some people are understanding it, and embracing it, and learning from the wave," she said. "This, is in my estimation the wrong way," he said. Some want it repaired and returned. He presented to the audience of 200 spectators a man wearing a rubber devil mask, explaining that he was a caricature of the Ayatollah Khomeini. [3], The Knights of Columbus, a Catholic organization dominated by Italian Americans, opened Waterfront Park in 1976. The demonstration began peacefully, but then protesters vandalized the Columbus statue, tore it down, and threw it into a lake in the park. "If him being on the waterfront on a pedestal like this is symbolic to slavery and everything else, and it affects you? It's unclear whether it will go back up. This 'Pinktober,' Be Sure To Ask: How Much Corporate Profit Actually Goes To Breast Cancer Research? Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images A decapitated statue of Christopher Columbus … "I think it's phenomenal," longtime Richmond resident Maureen Stinger told WTVR. Munro said she's been encouraged in recent years, and especially recent weeks, as a wave of protests and demonstrations have brought the issues of racial injustice to the forefront of the American consciousness. Wake Up America.” Sammarco said the statue was — for Stivaletta and for many who supported its creation — the culmination of their families’ own long journeys. Nobody is allowed to intimidate voters. Meanwhile, in Boston, officials removed the Columbus statue located in the city's North End after it was beheaded Tuesday evening. We couldn't do it without you. "It sends a clear message that that park only belongs to certain people and only certain people are supposed to be there," she said. A new book explores how World War I and the flu pandemic impacted the Red Sox' victory. Mazzola said his father worked on the statue’s design. As for the current controversy? Edgar runs WGBH's Curiosity Desk, where he aims to dig a little deeper (and sometimes askew) into topics in the news and looks for answers to questions posed by the world around us. It also names the Knights of Columbus and Order Sons of Italy in America. Another Christopher Columbus statue was beheaded in Boston’s Christopher Columbus Park overnight, local station WCVB reports. His father also hand carved the plinth on which it stands, and hand etched the names of all of the people who donated to its creation.

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