This statue of Christopher Columbus resides at Columbus Circle in front of Union Station in Washington, D.C. America’s love affair with Christopher Columbus has been a rocky one. Some savor his day to celebrate Italian-American heritage, while others chafe at the impropriety of honoring a man who enslaved and killed thousands of native peoples. That dichotomy was officially recognized when the government added another holiday designation to the second Monday in October: Indigenous Peoples Day . But our ubiquitous statues and “Columbias” testify to how passionately most of the nation once embraced Columbus. And if the object of such […]
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