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'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(Columbus_City_Hall) Columbus Monument at City Hall]''' (1955-2020) -- Celebrative monument (Columbus, OH) <removed>
'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Christopher_Columbus_(New_Haven,_Connecticut) Columbus Monument in Wooster Square]''' (1892-2020) -- Celebrative monument (New Haven) <removed>


The statue by Edoardo Alfieri celebrated Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. Cast at the Micheluccio Foundry in Pistoia, Italy, it was a gift of the citizens of Genoa, Italy to the citizens of Columbus. It was transported from Italy to the United States aboard the Italian ocean liner SS Cristoforo Colombo. The statue was uncrated and erected in Columbus on October 10, 1955, and dedicated on October 12, 1955, during the city's Columbus Day celebration.
The gift of Italian-Americans, the statue was installed in 1892 in Wooster Square. It was fabricated from heavy sheet copper by W. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio. In 1955, the original copper statue, which had deteriorated over time, was recast in bronze.


The statue was removed in July 2020.  
In 2017, the statue was vandalized prior to Columbus Day, with red  paint splashed on the statue and the words "kill the colonizer" spray-painted along its base. The statue was removed on June 24, 2020.




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Columbus Monument in Wooster Square (1892-2020) -- Celebrative monument (New Haven) <removed>

The gift of Italian-Americans, the statue was installed in 1892 in Wooster Square. It was fabricated from heavy sheet copper by W. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio. In 1955, the original copper statue, which had deteriorated over time, was recast in bronze.

In 2017, the statue was vandalized prior to Columbus Day, with red paint splashed on the statue and the words "kill the colonizer" spray-painted along its base. The statue was removed on June 24, 2020.

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