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This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA statue of Christopher Columbus — heralded for more than 500 years as the explorer who “discovered” the Americas — is no longer standing in a downtown San Antonio park.Crews hauled the statue rented from Home Depot in a calm ceremony.Columbus was long credited with discovering the “New World.” But in the past two decades, he has been widely re-assessed as a violent colonizer who slaughtered indigenous people.The removal of the statue, originally donated by the Christopher Columbus Italian Society, was accelerated in the wake of protests over the killing of George Floyd while in the custody of Minneapolis police as similar statues in other cities were scrutinized or destroyed.In an attempt to prevent that outcome, District 1 Councilman Roberto Treviño and the Italian society struck a deal — to be voted on by City Council in August — to remove the statue of the explorer from Columbus Park, return the statue to the society and rename the park “Piazza Italia Park.”More for you“We wanted to avoid something getting out of control,” said Paolo Cristadoro, who serves on the society’s board.This is a developing story. ExpressNews.com for updates.Joshua Fechter is a staff writer covering San Antonio government and politics. To read more from Joshua, . | Twitter:

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigateA statue of Christopher Columbus — heralded for more than 500 years as the explorer who “discovered” the Americas — is no longer standing in a downtown San Antonio park.Crews hauled the statue rented from Home Depot in a calm ceremony.Columbus was long credited with discovering the “New World.” But in the past two decades, he has been widely re-assessed as a violent colonizer who slaughtered indigenous people.The removal of the statue, originally donated by the Christopher Columbus Italian Society, was accelerated in the wake of...

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