On April 19, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled 7 to 0 to reinstate a lawsuit to prevent the removal of Pittsburgh’s Christopher Columbus statue from Schenley Park. The suit was filed by the Italian Sons and Daughters of America (ISDA), the largest Italian American fraternal association in Pennsylvania, founded in Pittsburgh in 1930.
The story of why in 1892 America began to celebrate Columbus Day, which subsequently led to the creation of Pittsburgh’s Columbus statue and over 100 others throughout our country, is a tragic example of the mistreatment of immigrants that needs to be told.
