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PITTSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Pittston City’s Saint Patrick’s Parade is set to kick off this weekend. Parade Day in Pittston will begin on Saturday, March 2, with a mass held at Saint John the Evangelist Church, 35 William Street, Pittston at 8:30 a.m. The mass will be followed by the Leprechaun Loop 5K Run/1 […]
Oct. 12 is the “real” Columbus Day, the actual date explorer Christopher Columbus landed in the New World in San Salvador (now part of the Bahamas) in 1492. In 2020, a statue of Christopher Columbus in Philadelphia was condemned and restricted by the city’s mayor, Jim Kenney, who succumbed to pressure from radical left-wing agitators. Kenney claimed the statue was inappropriate for the 21st century and a threat to “public safety.” As a result, Kenney ordered a plywood box built around it so the public did not see it.
Scholar Heinz Tschachler discusses the cultural legacy of Christopher Columbus and its impact on his disappearance from coins and currency.
The statue was initially in Providence, Rhode Island, before it was taken down.
Rhode Island's controversial Columbus statue, which was removed three years ago, suddenly re-emerges.