A statue of Christopher Columbus at a park in Richmond, Va., was toppled by protesters, vandalized with spray paint — and dropped in a lake. More than 500 miles north, in Boston, a Columbus statue was beheaded.
circumstances, another key figure from American history is being quite literally knocked from his pedestal: Christopher Columbus.
At a park in Richmond, Va., protesters toppled the statue of the Italian explorer Tuesday night, vandalized it with spray paint and dropped it in a lake.This is far from the first time a statue in the Virginia capital — and capital of the former Confederacy — has inspired outrage and attempts at removal.
Less than a half-hour's walk from Byrd Park, where the Columbus statue was torn down, controversy has risen around a massive memorial to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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