The Christopher Columbus Association left the marble base to the city as a donation so that the replacement can be displayed with minimal cost to the taxpayers. The city will look to find a suitable replacement endorsed by Chester’s residents. It was located in a park on Route 291, next to the Old Swedes burial ground at Market Square, not far from Chester City Hall.
486 of Order Sons of Italy in America (the original donor) and the Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society according to the website Columbus Monuments, which details monuments to Christopher Columbus worldwide.Ī granite marker in front of the statue depicts the Santa Maria and the words “Columbus Center Association 1938.” A black fence surrounds the monument and a plastic wreath sits in front. It was rededicated in 1995 by the October XII Lodge No. One depicts a relief of Columbus’s three sailing ships, the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria with the sun’s rays located in the proper left corner. Below the statue are two bronze plaques on the marble base. He holds an orb in his left hand and carries a flag on a pole in his right hand. The statue shows Christopher Columbus dressed in 15th-century clothing, kneeling after landing in the western hemisphere.
Riggers for the Christopher Columbus Association carefully wrapped the statue before lifting it on a crane and taking it away Sunday. Riggers prepare to remove the Christopher Columbus statue in Chester on Sunday. The statue had become a source of tension in the city following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis which renewed protests over statues that many people say glorify racist or genocidal figures in American history. The Christopher Columbus statue which stood in Market Square on the Avenue of the States in Chester for 66 years was removed Sunday.
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