
BY: Ignacio Laguarda
More than a year ago, a group of Italian-Americans in Stamford fought to preserve a statue of Christopher Columbus in the downtown. On Sunday, they’ll celebrate that the statue is still standing. The Stamford chapter of the Italian-American service organization Unico is putting on the Columbus Day celebration, which will take place around 11:15 a.m. at the monument, which depicts Columbus standing on a globe — to symbolize the New World — in the center of a small pool of water.
The 1960 monument dedicated to the 15th-century explorer, and his name on the park where the statue stands, caused heated debates in the city this summer, mirroring those at other spots honoring Columbus around the country.
SOURCE: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com
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