A Chicago advisory committee on monuments has recommended that 41 statues, plaques and other honors around the city be removed, including three statues of Christopher Columbus.
A Chicago advisory committee on monuments has recommended that 41 statues, plaques and other honors around the city be removed, including three statues of Christopher Columbus.
In a statement released by her office, Lightfoot thanked Chicago’s Native American and Italian American communities for participating in the commission’s work, but did not address the future of the statues “regarded by many members of the Italian American community as a symbol of cultural pride” but considered “a bitter reminder of centuries of exploitation, conquest and