GALLERY: Christopher Columbus statue in Atlantic City taken down
Workers remove the Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at tyhe base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning.
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
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Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove the Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Boulevard in Atlantic City this month.
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove the statue of Christopher Columbus from its base at Columbus Boulevard and Arctic Avenue on Wednesday in Atlantic City.
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
Christopher Columbus statue
Workers remove Christopher Columbus statue from Christopher Columbus Blvd. and Arctic Ave in Atlantic City Wednesday July 1, 2020. The Christopher Columbus monument, in the resort since 1958, was taken down from its location at the base of the Atlantic City Expressway Wednesday morning. Edward Lea Staff Photographer / Press of Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY — A city steeped in Italian culture and history may become the latest town to find alternative ways to honor that legacy than by celebrating Columbus Day.
ATLANTIC CITY — In January, then-congressional candidate Brigid Callahan Harrison published an opinion piece in The Press of Atlantic City calling for a statue of civil rights and women’s rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer to be erected outside Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.