A box covering a statue of Christopher Columbus in South Philadelphia was removed on Sunday following a court's order that also allowed for a clear wall to cover the structure.
of Christopher Columbus will see the light of day once again, now that a plywood box covering the monument has been removed.on Monday that a commonwealth court ruling late last week allowed for a wood box painted with green, white, and red stripes to be removed from covering a statue of Columbus.
For centuries, Columbus was credited with discovering America, but throughout that course, the European pioneer was found to have treated indigenous people already on the land, poorly. As a result of the unrest over the 146-year-old statue in South Philadelphia’s Marconi Plaza, the monument to Columbus was covered with a box.Out of concerns for public safety, Mayor Jim Kenney ordered the statue be removed.
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