Donald Trump says he's bringing Columbus Day back. What's happened to the explorer's statues in his namesake city?

The statue of a standing George Washington is set off by velvet ropes inside City Hall. Yet because the first ... A Columbus statue in Grant Park, another in Arrigo Park on the Near West Side ...

City crews remove the Christopher Columbus statue from its pedestal in Grant Park in July 2020. City Hall then created an advisory committee to conduct a comprehensive review of more than 500 ...

Lightfoot removed the Columbus statue in Grant Park after a bloody clash took place ... figures’ statues be scrutinized as well. The City Hall’s George Washington statue is not in the report.

Donation Options Search Search Search City crews removed the Christopher Columbus statue from its pedestal in Grant Park in July 2020. Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times file Share Statues of ...

The City Hall statue remains in storage while the city ... its original home was an Illinois park. It too, sat in storage for a time, but has since found a new home in Youngstown, Ohio.