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ansible

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Wed Jun 17, 2020, 07:31 PM Jun 2020

Christopher Columbus statue will be removed from California state house

Source: cnn

Washington (CNN)A statue of Christopher Columbus will be removed from California's state capitol in Sacramento, state lawmakers announced Tuesday.

The statue, titled "Columbus' Last Appeal to Queen Isabella," has been in the center of the California Capitol Rotunda since 1883, when it was first gifted to the state. In a joint statement, legislative leadership called the statue "completely out of place."

"Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations," the announcement from Senate President pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon and Assembly Rules Committee Chair Ken Cooley reads.

"The continued presence of this statue in California's Capitol, where it has been since 1883, is completely out of place today. It will be removed," the statement says.



Read more: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/17/politics/christopher-columbus-statue-california/index.html

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Christopher Columbus statue will be removed from California state house (Original Post) ansible Jun 2020 OP
Good. Get rid of that Columbus garbage. Besides, the guy never set foot in North America. dalton99a Jun 2020 #1
Yeah, this one seems crazy moose65 Jun 2020 #7
Did they say what they will do to it? totodeinhere Jun 2020 #2
The heirs of the donor have said they want it back dalton99a Jun 2020 #8
Thanks. n/t totodeinhere Jun 2020 #9
🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵 Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #3
Columbus OH, Columbia University and CBS.....you are next. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #4
How about Washington, DC? moose65 Jun 2020 #6
Your posting DENVERPOPS Jun 2020 #5

DENVERPOPS

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5. Your posting
Wed Jun 17, 2020, 09:09 PM
Jun 2020

made my day. Couldn't be happier.

The Italians here in Denver won't be happy.........The Native Americans protest their Columbus Day Parade, and we have had near riots.
(I have some Native American in my heritage, either 1/4 or 1/8......Researching heritage of Native Americans is very difficult because of the lack of records kept)

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