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William Dalrymple (historian)
| Statue of Christopher Columbus | |
|---|---|
 The statue in March 2020 | |
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| Subject | Christopher Columbus |
| Location | Newark, New Jersey, U.S. |
| 40°44′36.43″N 74°10′11.61″W / 40.7434528°N 74.1698917°W | |
A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park (now Harriet Tubman Square) in Newark, New Jersey, within the James Street Commons Historic District. It was made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927.[1][2][3][4] The statue was removed by the city (with pedestal left in place) in June 2020 to prevent its toppling in a Black Lives Matter protest.[5]
A second statue of Columbus in Newark, also ordered removed by Mayor Ras Baraka, was subsequently re-erected in Sussex County, New Jersey.[6]
The pedestal of the statue was removed in 2022 in preparation for the installation of A Shadow of a Face, a memorial to Harriet Tubman.[7] The outline of the statue's plinth is inscribed on the ground as part of the new monument. As of October 2020, the statue was being stored on a vacant city lot in Newark's North Ward.[8] In April 2024 the city made an arrangement to loan the statue to St Lucy's church in Newark for the statue to be displayed there for a period of 20 years.[9]
See also
- List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus
- List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
- List of public art in Newark, New Jersey
References
- ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "Newark's Christopher Columbus". newarkhistory.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
- ^ "Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park". statues.vanderkrogt.net. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ^ "Christopher Columbus: Immortal Genoese; Newark, NJ".
- ^ NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (June 26, 2020). "Another Christopher Columbus statue removed from N.J. city park". nj. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- ^ "Italian-Americans Still Divided over Columbus as Newark Statue Relocated to Sussex County". October 11, 2021.
- ^ "A New Monument Honoring Harriet Tubman". June 15, 2021.
- ^ NJ.com, Rebecca Panico | NJ Advance Media for (October 9, 2020). "City said Columbus statue it took down was in storage. It's outside, in a vacant lot, on the ground". nj. Retrieved March 13, 2023.
- ^ "Columbus statue removed from N.J. Park in 2020 to be loaned to church". April 10, 2024.