Statue of Christopher Columbus (Newark, New Jersey) explained

Statue of Christopher Columbus
Italic Title:	no
Subject:	Christopher Columbus
Metric Unit:	cm
Imperial Unit:	in
City:	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Mapframe:	yes
Mapframe-Zoom:	13

A statue of Christopher Columbus was a memorial in Washington Park (now Harriet Tubman Square) in Newark, New Jersey, within the James Street Commons Historic District. It was made in Rome by Giuseppe Ciochetti and presented to the city by Newark's Italians in 1927.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} The statue was removed by the city (with pedestal left in place) in June 2020 to prevent its toppling in a Black Lives Matter protest.^[5]

A second statue of Columbus in Newark, also ordered removed by Mayor Ras Baraka, was subsequently re-erected in Sussex County, New Jersey.^[6]

The pedestal of the statue was removed in 2022 in preparation for the installation of A Shadow of a Face, a memorial to Harriet Tubman.^[7] The outline of the statue's plinth is inscribed on the ground as part of the new monument. As of October 2020, the statue was being stored on a vacant city lot in Newark's North Ward.^[8]

See also

• List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus
• List of monuments and memorials removed during the George Floyd protests
• List of public art in Newark, New Jersey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park. vanderkrogt.net. 3 November 2015.
2. Web site: Newark's Christopher Columbus. newarkhistory.com. 3 November 2015.
3. Web site: Newark - Christopher Columbus Statue in Washington Park. 2020-06-29. statues.vanderkrogt.net.
4. Web site: Christopher Columbus: Immortal Genoese; Newark, NJ.
5. Web site: NJ.com. Rebecca Panico NJ Advance Media for. 2020-06-26. Another Christopher Columbus statue removed from N.J. city park. 2020-06-29. nj. en.
6. Web site: Italian-Americans Still Divided over Columbus as Newark Statue Relocated to Sussex County. 11 October 2021.
7. Web site: A New Monument Honoring Harriet Tubman . 15 June 2021 .
8. Web site: NJ.com . Rebecca Panico NJ Advance Media for . 2020-10-09 . City said Columbus statue it took down was in storage. It's outside, in a vacant lot, on the ground. . 2023-03-13 . nj . en.