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BidenRocks

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3. They weren't famous yet.

Reply to DBoon (Reply #2)

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 01:00 AM

Oct 9

Main article: Columbus Monument (New York City)

Columbus Monument on Columbus Circle in September 2006
The Columbus Monument, a 76-foot (23 m) column installed at the center of Columbus Circle, consists of a 14-foot (4.3 m) marble statue of Columbus atop a 27.5-foot (8.4 m) granite rostral column on a four-stepped granite pedestal. Created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo, the monument was installed at the center of the circle in 1892. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Mayor Eric Adams moves to have 2 Christopher Columbus statues landmarked. Here's the response from some mayoral candidat [View all] Polybius Oct 8 OP

Back in 2020 Coldwater Oct 8 #1

if you want to honor Italian-Americans, why Columbus? DBoon Oct 8 #2

They weren't famous yet. BidenRocks Oct 9 #3

Times change. yardwork Oct 9 #10

Meanwhile, chump.. BidenRocks Oct 9 #14

Who? Polybius Oct 9 #5

You never heard of Enrico Fermi? yardwork Oct 9 #7

I'm sure I learned about him in school, but I forgot Polybius Oct 9 #20

Fermi has an element and a class of subatomic particles named after him muriel_volestrangler Oct 9 #16

I would have supported asylum for Italians fleeing fascism in the 30's and 40's Polybius Saturday #22

Because what better way to honor Italian Americans ForgoTheConsequence Oct 9 #6

Anthony Fauci. yardwork Oct 9 #9

It would have to be someone that the left and right BOTH love Polybius Oct 9 #21

An African-American supports a know slave trader. nt Javaman Oct 9 #4

A blatantly political effort to win over Italian-American voters. yardwork Oct 9 #8

The corrupt mayor desperately trying to create wedge issues on Trump's behalf Prairie Gates Oct 9 #11

I will probably get roasted for this jgmiller Oct 9 #12

Columbus was pretty awful - the king and queen of Spain thought he went too far muriel_volestrangler Oct 9 #13

Notice Isabella's reaction wasn't about slavery being bad but that she felt cheated by Columbus taking them. jgmiller Oct 9 #17

Yes, and the confederates were traitors fujiyamasan Oct 9 #18

Just put up a statue of BidenRocks Oct 9 #15

(Irrelevant aside) Ignorant me never knew... GJGCA Oct 9 #19