Keep the Columbus Monument Standing

Please preserve our statue, our history. We are grateful for your support. Respectfully, Josephine M.

stop the hate; seek the truth; uplift all

Any actions against this greatest of explorers and discoverer of America are based on ignorance and/or racist intolerance, plain & simple!

Mayor, You should be ashamed of your unwillingness to make any meaning effort to learn the true historical facts relating to Columbus, and the strong symbolic tie he has to the Italian American community. Why would you choose to placate the demands of radical revisionists by insulting the history and contributions of the Italian American community? A true leader would find a way to honor the history of Native Americans without stamping out the history of Italian Americans.

Columbus is a hero

Italians are a recognized and respected group in America. Please do not discriminate against this group in favor of another group by disrespecting its culture.

Let’s not forget

It's Italian heritage and it needs to be respected and not preserved!

Stop erasing history. Ensure that the way the ships’ crews treated the natives doesn’t happen again.

I fully support keeping the Columbus statue intact, as is. Our country was founded upon certain past factual event. History cannot be undone or rewritten. To appease certain factions who wish to seek vengeance for possible past transgressions, the addition of a plaque to address those claims could be placed near the statue.

Viva Christopher Columbus

Preserve history

Columbus is the symbol of our heritage. The contribution of the Italian Americans to this country. Stop this cancel culture that is destroying this country.

Please don't get up in the latest wave of political incorrectness....its whats ruining our nation from our representatives out!

Keep ther statue

We love Columbus Circle. It is part of our History. Leave it alone. Spend that money on the poor.

Columbus did great things for the world in his day by his daring and naval skills. His detractors were not there and follow blindly what is being said about him by those wishing to destroy our history and pride in his accomplishmjents.

Quit Boeing down to a few minority radicals a stand up and protect our heritage and history!! The statute stays!!

Christopher Columbus did not discover America. Natives came from Asia thousands of years ago and the Vikings also preceded him. However Columbus initiated trade and colonization between Europe and America. Had he not ”discovered” America, others would have. But he was first and therefore he deserves the honor. When we celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus, there were articles discussing some of the plants that Europe obtained from the new world like tomatoes, potatoes, corn. What would European cuisine be without these crops? Colonization also started after Columbus' "discovery" and many nationalities came to America with some good and bad effects. In this sense, one can argue that celebrating Columbus is a way of celebrating our diversity. This could made more evident by surrounding the statue of Columbus with symbols of this diversity. It is beyond ridiculous to blame Columbus, with the ill treatment of Native American

The idea of removing this statue is outrageous. It's clearly based on faulty history put out either through ignorance or purposeful deception. This statue should remain where it is!