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Beheaded and Sent to Watery Graves, Columbus Statues Get New Life

11 October 2025 at 17:02
More than 30 monuments to Christopher Columbus were toppled or taken down in 2020. Now some are being restored, and finding new, usually less-public homes.

© Caroline Gutman for The New York Times

The broken pieces of a Christopher Columbus statue that was torn down in Baltimore were used to guide the creation of a replica.
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