{"id":41065,"date":"2020-06-10T21:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virusreports.net\/christopher-columbus-statues-in-boston-and-virginia-are-damaged\/"},"modified":"2020-06-10T21:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T21:22:00","slug":"christopher-columbus-statues-in-boston-and-virginia-are-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virusreports.net\/christopher-columbus-statues-in-boston-and-virginia-are-damaged\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher Columbus Statues in Boston and Virginia Are Damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<article id=\"story\">\n<div>\n<header>\n<p id=\"article-summary\">The incidents, in Boston\u2019s North End and Richmond, Va., came as protesters angered by the death of George Floyd have targeted monuments that they see as symbols of white supremacy.<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure aria-label=\"media\" itemid=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-unrest-columbus1\/merlin_173399028_69f88d53-2e8b-4f9e-b0d0-31b34d840319-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&#038;auto=webp\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\">\n<div><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" ><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" ><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" ><\/source><img alt=\"A statue of Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on Wednesday. Mayor Marty Walsh said the statue would be stored while its fate was discussed.\" decoding=\"async\" itemid=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-unrest-columbus1\/merlin_173399028_69f88d53-2e8b-4f9e-b0d0-31b34d840319-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\" itemprop=\"url\"  src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-unrest-columbus1\/merlin_173399028_69f88d53-2e8b-4f9e-b0d0-31b34d840319-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\" ><\/img><\/picture><\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\">A statue of Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on Wednesday. Mayor Marty Walsh said the statue would be stored while its fate was discussed.<\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\"><span>Credit&#8230;<\/span><span><span>Joseph Prezioso\/Agence France-Presse \u2014 Getty Images<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/johnny-diaz\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Johnny Diaz\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/11\/05\/reader-center\/author-johnny-diaz\/author-johnny-diaz-thumbLarge.png\" title=\"Johnny Diaz\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><time datetime=\"2020-06-10T13:41:13-04:00\">June 10, 2020<\/time><time datetime=\"2020-06-10T16:39:17-04:00\">Updated <span>4:39 p.m. ET<\/span><\/time><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<section itemprop=\"articleBody\" name=\"articleBody\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Statues of Christopher Columbus were damaged in Boston and Richmond, Va., as protesters angered by the death of George Floyd have continued to direct some of their frustration toward monuments, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/03\/us\/confederate-statues-george-floyd.html\" title=\"\">including Confederate statues<\/a>, that they consider to be symbols of racism.<\/p>\n<p>In Boston, the head of a statue of Columbus in the city\u2019s North End neighborhood was removed overnight on Tuesday, and pieces of it were found nearby, Sgt. Detective John Boyle of the Boston police said on Wednesday. Detectives were investigating the incident, he said.<\/p>\n<p>In Richmond on Tuesday evening, a Columbus statue was torn down and tossed into a lake in a city park where protesters had gathered for a demonstration in support of Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe stand in solidarity with black and brown communities that are tired of being murdered by an out-of-control, militarized and violent police force,\u201d the Richmond Indigenous Society, which took part in the rally, said in a statement on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cAs for the statue,\u201d the society added, \u201cit seems very appropriate that it ended up in a lake.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Marty Walsh of Boston said at a news conference on Wednesday that the damaged Columbus statue would be removed and stored while city officials discuss whether it should be returned to its location in Christopher Columbus Park, where the six-foot statue had stood atop a five-foot base since 1979.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are going to be taking the statue down this morning and putting it into storage to assess the damage of the statue,\u201d Mr. Walsh said. \u201cThis particular statue has been subject of repeated vandalism here in Boston and, given the conversations that we\u2019re certainly having right now in our city of Boston and throughout the country, we\u2019re also going to take time to assess the historic meaning of the statue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About 1,000 protesters attended the rally at Byrd Park in Richmond, where the Columbus statue was damaged. Demonstrators carried signs that said \u201cThis land is Powhatan land\u201d and \u201cColumbus represents genocide,\u201d according to The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/local\/watch-now-protesters-stand-in-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples-at-byrd-park-where-columbus-statue\/article_8a009c9c-1c5d-5e2a-a3bf-0b015a8a2277.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">Richmond Times-Dispatch.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The statue was spray-painted, set on fire and thrown into a lake in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmondgov.com\/parks\/parkbyrd.aspx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">287-acre park<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbc12.com\/2020\/06\/09\/christopher-columbus-statue-torn-down-thrown-lake-by-protesters\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">WWBT-TV<\/a>. Near the bank of the lake where the statue was submerged, someone placed a sign with a drawing of a headstone and a message: \u201cRacism, you will not be missed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statue was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OliviaNBC12\/status\/1270697627731013634\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">removed from the lake<\/a> on Wednesday. The city\u2019s Police Department did not immediately respond to an inquiry about the statue on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>The statue, which was dedicated in December 1927, was the first statue of Columbus erected in the South, according to The Times-Dispatch.<\/p>\n<p>Native Americans have been calling for states to replace Columbus Day, which is celebrated the second Monday in October, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/14\/nyregion\/indigenous-day.html\" title=\"\">Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day<\/a>. They have said that Columbus\u2019s discovery of the New World led to the genocide of Indigenous populations in the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LevarStoney\/status\/1270794688140849152\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">responded to the incident in Byrd Park on Twitter<\/a> on Wednesday, saying that \u201cthe atrocities inflicted upon Indigenous people by Christopher Columbus are unconscionable.\u201d He added that the city began celebrating Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Day rather than Columbus Day last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the decision &#038; action to remove a monument should be made in collaboration w\/ the community,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWorking with Richmond\u2019s History and Culture Commission, we are establishing a process by which Richmonders can advocate for change to the figures we place on public pedestals across our city in a legal and peaceful way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Richmond statue was located about two miles from the city\u2019s Monument Avenue, where statues of the Confederate generals J.E.B. Stuart, Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee were marked last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"photoviewer-wrapper\">\n<div data-testid=\"photoviewer-children\">\n<figure aria-label=\"media\" itemid=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-columbus1\/10xp-columbus1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&#038;auto=webp\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" role=\"group\">\n<div>\n<p><span>Image<\/span><\/p>\n<picture><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 3dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 288dpi)\" ><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 2dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 192dpi)\" ><\/source><source media=\"(max-width: 599px) and (min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 1dppx),(max-width: 599px) and (min-resolution: 96dpi)\" ><\/source><img alt=\"Protestors tore down a Columbus statue and tossed it into a lake in Byrd Park in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday.\" decoding=\"async\" itemid=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-columbus1\/10xp-columbus1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\" itemprop=\"url\"  src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/10xp-columbus1\/10xp-columbus1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&#038;auto=webp&#038;disable=upscale\" ><\/img><\/picture><\/div><figcaption><span aria-hidden=\"true\">Protestors tore down a Columbus statue and tossed it into a lake in Byrd Park in Richmond, Va., on Tuesday.<\/span><span itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\"><span>Credit&#8230;<\/span><span>Marley Nichelle, via Associated Press<\/span><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>On June 4, Gov. Ralph S. Northam of Virginia <a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.virginia.gov\/newsroom\/all-releases\/2020\/june\/headline-857181-en.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">announced<\/a> plans to remove the Lee statue, which is on state land. Members of the Richmond City Council this week unanimously voiced their support to remove <a href=\"https:\/\/www.richmond.com\/news\/local\/its-unanimous-all-nine-richmond-city-council-members-back-removal-of-confederate-monuments-on-monument\/article_a639a9e9-6757-5278-8da5-bf498241afb9.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">four other Confederate statues<\/a> from Monument Avenue, a move that had long been debated but had found renewed support as the recent protests have continued.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Many other Confederate monuments across the country have also become targets in recent weeks, with protesters damaging and toppling statues from their bases.<\/p>\n<p>In Norfolk, Va., on May 30, protesters climbed a 15-foot figure of a Confederate soldier and spray-painted its base. In Charleston, S.C., \u201cBLM,\u201d for Black Lives Matter, and \u201cTraitors\u201d were spray-painted in red on the base of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmdb.org\/m.asp?m=120742\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">the Confederate Defenders of Charleston statue<\/a>. In North Carolina, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncpedia.org\/monument\/confederate-monument-state\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"\">a Confederate monument at the State Capitol<\/a> in Raleigh was marked with a black \u201cX.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mayor of Birmingham, Ala., also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/02\/us\/george-floyd-birmingham-confederate-statue.html\" title=\"\">ordered the removal<\/a> of a Confederate statue from a public park last week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/10\/us\/christopher-columbus-statue-boston-richmond.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The incidents, in Boston\u2019s North End and Richmond, Va., came as protesters angered by the death of George Floyd have targeted monuments that they see as symbols of white supremacy.A statue of Christopher Columbus in Christopher Columbus Park in Boston on Wednesday. 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