Citing ‘history of colonialism,’ Yale hometown removes Columbus statue & renames school

New Haven, Connecticut

New Haven, Connecticut, has removed a statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park, retitled a school previously named after the Italian explorer, and erased Columbus Day from the calendar, to appease the ‘migrant community.’

The bronze statue dedicated to the famous explorer was dismantled on Wednesday, a week after the city’s Parks Department voted to do so. It had stood in Wooster Square Park since 1955, when it replaced the original monument, dedicated in 1892.

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