One Statue was thrown into a lake, one beheaded, and another pulled to the ground. Boston, Massachusetts, saint paul, Minnesota; San Francisco, California; Richmond, Virginia, Houston, Texas, and Miami, Florida are just a few places Christopher Columbus statues were vandalized. Some demonstrators have said they targeted Columbus statues to stand in solidarity with Indigenous people. In recent years, many cities and states have replaced Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in recognition of the pain and terror caused by Columbus and other European explorers.
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cnn.com/2020/06/10/us/christopher-columbus-statues-down-trnd
thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/502492-list-statues-toppled-vandalized-removed-protests
insider.com/christopher-columbus-statues-vandalized-during-protests-2020-6
