Columbus Rises Again: Toppled Statue Now Reborn at the White House

On Sunday, a new statue of Christopher Columbus was installed on the White House grounds, as part of the run-up to this summer's 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The best part? The new statue incorporates parts of another Christopher Columbus statue damaged by rioters in the 2020 "Summer of Love" riots.

A new statue of Christopher Columbus went up on the White House grounds Sunday that was built using pieces from a monument to the Italian explorer that protesters destroyed six years ago.
The 13-foot, one-ton replica of a Columbus statue toppled in Baltimore in 2020 – then dumped into the city’s inner harbor – was commissioned by the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations and is part of the White House’s celebration of America’s 250th anniversary.
The statue has been placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
Artists retrieved shards of marble belonging to the wrecked statue from the harbor that were used in the recreation – and reached out to the White House after officials in Baltimore refused to put the new monument up, according to the organization.

So, a hateful act based on ignorance - replaced by a statue affirming a great explorer. That's appropriate.

In February, my colleague SisterToldjah informed us of the plans for this rebirth:

Sister Toldjah wrote:

Among the many things the woke left has been notorious for doing over the last decade or so is either pushing for historical statues to be removed or taking it upon themselves to vandalize and/or destroy them in the name of "social justice."
It first started with Confederacy-era monuments, but as predicted at the time by critics, the activist left did not stop there. Next, they moved on to statues of our Founding Fathers and other consequential American figures who helped lay the foundation for and shape the country we know and love today.
They also took aim at legendary explorer and discoverer Christopher Columbus, with some statues of Columbus either being beheaded or ripped down during the 2020 George Floyd riots. Antifa/Black Lives Matter-led agitators even went so far as to tear down the Columbus statue in Baltimore and dump it into the city's Inner Harbor on Independence Day that same year.

This will make some leftist heads start spinning around like gyroscopes, and that's for sure and for certain. Good. Christopher Columbus is one of those historical figures that the left loves to hate; the great explorer wasn't perfect, but we judge him by the standards of his time, not ours. That's something the left doesn't seem capable of doing, of course.

This summer's celebration will be one of unabashed patriotism and pride in our American nation, and we should remember, it's going to be that way because of the man who sits now in the Oval Office. If (shudder) Kamala Harris had won the 2024 election, our 250th anniversary would have been marked by hand-wringing and pearl-clutching. Fainting couches would have been on standby for the left. Apologies would have been issued to the rest of the world, as though being awesome is something a country needs to be apologetic for.

Now now, though. Christopher Columbus's likeness is once more in pride of place, this time on the White House grounds, where it can't be messed with. That's a good start to America 250 celebrations.

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