yikes guys this man was A W F U L and doesn’t deserve to be deified ❤️
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Graham Darling
5 years ago
Contemporary Bartolomé de las Casas condemned other Spanish involved in colonization of the Americas, but notably not Columbus.
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Eric Trevino
5 years ago
Long live the Spanish Tejanos!
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Francisco velez
5 years ago
Don't erase history!!
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Giovanni Graceffa
5 years ago
It is sad that people are holding yesterday’s heroes to today’s standards.
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Joe Camejo
5 years ago
Keep Columbus statue up and keep our history alive!
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Meg Hughes
5 years ago
Damn straight
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Renato DeLuca
5 years ago
Columbus was arrested after his 4th voyage for saving over 200 jews from the Inquisition by bringing them here. Establishing trade relations for them with friendly native americans. The result was Costa Rica. Anti -semites were enraged and the wrote Anti Columbus falsehoods. Chris was a member of the same Secular Franciscan Society as St Joan D'Arc & St Thomas More.
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LUIS Estevez
5 years ago
We could only learn from our past good or bad.
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Paul Hohman
5 years ago
Too many lies out there about this great man. Learn the truth. He was blamed for what many others did.
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Bob Turri
5 years ago
Keep the statue! My mother and 4 grandparents came here to live a good life - because they WANTED to be here. I am as proud of Columbus as they were. If his statue falls, America may fall.
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Charlie Carnago
5 years ago
My support for all existing statue. Keep our history!
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Jessie R Smith
5 years ago
I have Native Peoples blood and I say leave it alone.
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Neyka Jones
5 years ago
We must remember our history and alk
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Shannon M Kennedy
5 years ago
Our Columbus statue was privately funded. If someone wants a group to be represented, they can build their own statue. Noone has a right to tear down our history. FYI: North Africans were enslaving
white Europeans.....including Italians before Columbus ever sailed to the Americas. See link below:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_slavery
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Antonino Bertone
5 years ago
To me, an Italian-American, I can say that the statue of Christopher Columbus means many things to me and my family. We believe that Columbus inspired many Italian citizens to take a chance in life and move to America in order for a better life. This is true for my own family as my Grandfather came to this country in 1965 to help give his family a better life. This not only applied to Italians but also all people from other countries. America is the land of opportunity and has been since it fought for it’s own freedom in the revolutionary war. To tear down this statue would not only be a blow to Italian-Americans, but also any person in the United States who came here for a better opportunity.
-The Bertone Family
yikes guys this man was A W F U L and doesn’t deserve to be deified ❤️
Contemporary Bartolomé de las Casas condemned other Spanish involved in colonization of the Americas, but notably not Columbus.
Long live the Spanish Tejanos!
Don't erase history!!
It is sad that people are holding yesterday’s heroes to today’s standards.
Keep Columbus statue up and keep our history alive!
Damn straight
Columbus was arrested after his 4th voyage for saving over 200 jews from the Inquisition by bringing them here. Establishing trade relations for them with friendly native americans. The result was Costa Rica. Anti -semites were enraged and the wrote Anti Columbus falsehoods. Chris was a member of the same Secular Franciscan Society as St Joan D'Arc & St Thomas More.
We could only learn from our past good or bad.
Too many lies out there about this great man. Learn the truth. He was blamed for what many others did.
Keep the statue! My mother and 4 grandparents came here to live a good life - because they WANTED to be here. I am as proud of Columbus as they were. If his statue falls, America may fall.
My support for all existing statue. Keep our history!
I have Native Peoples blood and I say leave it alone.
We must remember our history and alk
Our Columbus statue was privately funded. If someone wants a group to be represented, they can build their own statue. Noone has a right to tear down our history. FYI: North Africans were enslaving white Europeans.....including Italians before Columbus ever sailed to the Americas. See link below: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_slavery
To me, an Italian-American, I can say that the statue of Christopher Columbus means many things to me and my family. We believe that Columbus inspired many Italian citizens to take a chance in life and move to America in order for a better life. This is true for my own family as my Grandfather came to this country in 1965 to help give his family a better life. This not only applied to Italians but also all people from other countries. America is the land of opportunity and has been since it fought for it’s own freedom in the revolutionary war. To tear down this statue would not only be a blow to Italian-Americans, but also any person in the United States who came here for a better opportunity. -The Bertone Family
It is a disgrace to erase history
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