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Syracuse’s Columbus statue group escalates political war against Ben Walsh Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 10, 2021 The annual Columbus Day wreath laying ceremony in Syracuse N.Y. Oct 12, 2020. Mark Nicotra and Nick Pirro hand off a weath to be placed at the foot of the Christopher Columbus statue. The city has announced that the statue will be removed. Dennis Nett | dnett@syracuse.com Facebook Share Syracuse, N.Y. A group of politically powerful Columbus statue supporters have ramped up their fight against Mayor Ben Walsh, who last year announced he will remove the Christopher Columbus statue from downtown Syracuse. The Columbus Monument Corporation sent letters to leaders of every permanent political party in Syracuse in recent weeks. Those letters outlined the group’s disgust with Walsh’s decision and came with a message: ....