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“Christopher Columbus is a permanent fixture of our national history. Rarely can we trace the wheels of progress over 500 years back to the actions of a single person,” said Rep. Dan Donovan (R-SI/Brooklyn). “If a radical group bent on sanitizing history doesn’t want the statue at Columbus Circle anymore, Staten Island will gladly accept it.”

On Wednesday, August 23, Mayor de Blasio announced that the fate of Christopher Columbus’s statues in NYC, will be decided by a review commission, which he plans to appoint for the examination of historical monuments. The committee will decide which monuments are hateful and should be taken down. Parks throughout the city display five major monuments to Columbus, including one in Columbus Circle. The well-known heroic sailor who discovered America in 1492, is now under speculation, as some activists are condemning Columbus as an imperialist colonizer who murdered and enslaved natives from the Caribbeans. The review was prompted following the violent confrontations between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Virginia earlier in the month. Protestors have rallied in Columbus circle for both sides of the slippery politically correct battle, regarding the 100-year-old statues.

As reported by the NY Post, a Staten Island congressman is speaking out, saying that if Columbus’ 70-foot iconic statue is removed from Manhattan, he would like to take it and relocate it to federal park land in his borough. “Christopher Columbus is a permanent fixture of our national history. Rarely can we trace the wheels of progress over 500 years back to the actions of a single person,” said Rep. Dan Donovan (R-SI/Brooklyn). “If a radical group bent on sanitizing history doesn’t want the statue at Columbus Circle anymore, Staten Island will gladly accept it.” Donovan, whose congressional district includes the highest concentration of Italian-American citizens in the country, said he is making an appeal directly to Mayor de Blasio. He proposed that the Columbus statue be donated to the National Parks Service, which controls Great Kills Park on Staten Island.

“Columbus is a symbol of Italian-American culture. He discovered our land, and generations of Italian-Americans helped build New York. I will fight tooth and nail to see to it that his statue remains a fixture in our city,” said Donovan.

By: Hellen Zaboulani

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