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Apr 20, 2024 · In December 2022, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania — in a separate lawsuit — sided with Bochetto when it blocked Philadelphia’s former mayor from uprooting the city’s 148-year-old Columbus statue from a public plaza. The outcome of that case weighed heavily in yesterday’s Pittsburgh ruling (see pages 17 – 19). Columbus’ History
3 days ago · Located in the southwest corner of Central Park sits Columbus Circle, and its center, a 70-foot statue of infamous Italian explorer, Christopher Columbus. Unveiled on October 12, 1892 on the 400th ...
Apr 10, 2024 · Christopher Columbus was a man with a Catholic faith that embraced eternity, and a man very much limited by his times and circumstance. Zubair Simonson, October 10, 2022 – National Catholic Register. I was taught in kindergarten that a certain man was a great hero. An episode of Alvin and the Chipmunks had even left me with the impression ...
Apr 21, 2024 · An appeals court in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania has kept alive an Italian heritage group's challenge to efforts by the city of Pittsburgh to remove a statue of Christopher Columbus from a...
Apr 20, 2024 · Given the massive success of President Harrison's NYC parade (attended by more than one million people), Italian Americans built Columbus statues across the U.S. through the 1900s to help fuel ...
Apr 18, 2024 · Photography by Matt Cashore ’94. Paintings of Christopher Columbus no longer adorn the central corridor of Notre Dame’s Main Building. The murals, which had incited controversy in recent times, have been covered with nature-themed fabric in rich shades of green, brown, rust and gold. The coverings, like tapestries in their detail, depict ...
