The historic bronze statue of Christopher Columbus torn down and thrown into a lake in Virginia by Black Lives Matter (BLM) rioters in 2020, has been restored and relocated to Blauvelt, New York.
Weighing about a ton, the statue was initially erected in Richmond, Virginia, in 1925 by the Italian American community. The Italian American Cultural Association of Virginia (IACAVA) fought to take custody of the statue from Richmond officials after the far-left protesters toppled it during the BLM riot four years ago. It remained submerged in Richmond’s Fountain Lake for two years until the IACAVA won a legal battle to salvage it.
However, the move to resurrect the Italian navigator’s statue isn’t without controversy.
“Columbus never discovered America,” said Cliff Mathias, cultural director of the Red Hawk Native American Arts Council. “He never set foot in the mainland of what we call today the United States, the Americas.” […]
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