Editing Columbus, Ohio (section)

====Italian-American community and symbols====
[[File:Santa Maria - 2772222245.jpg|thumb|The [[Santa Maria Ship & Museum]], a {{ship||Santa María|ship|2}} replica, was docked downtown from 1991 to 2014.]]
Columbus has numerous [[Italian Americans]], with groups including the Columbus Italian Club, Columbus Piave Club and the Abruzzi Club.<ref name="abc6_City">{{cite web |title=City of Columbus to remove Christopher Columbus statue outside City Hall |author=WSYX/WTTE |work=WSYX |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=June 18, 2020 |url=https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/city-of-columbus-to-remove-christopher-columbus-statue-outside-city-hall |archive-date=June 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619112917/https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/city-of-columbus-to-remove-christopher-columbus-statue-outside-city-hall |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Italian Village]], a neighborhood near Downtown Columbus, has had a prominent Italian American community since the 1890s.<ref name="guidelines">{{cite web |title=Italian Village Guidelines|publisher=Italian Village Commission|url=http://hstrial-ivillage.homestead.com/italguid.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521172431/http://hstrial-ivillage.homestead.com/italguid.pdf |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |url-status=live|date=August 7, 1990|access-date=May 21, 2021}}</ref>

The community has helped promote the influence [[Christopher Columbus]] had in drawing European attention to the Americas. The Italian explorer, erroneously credited with the lands' discovery, has been posthumously criticized by historians for initiating colonization and for abuse, enslavement and subjugation of natives.<ref name="Bigelow, B. 1992"/><ref name="Howard Zinn"/> In addition to the city being named for the explorer, its seal and [[Flag of Columbus, Ohio|flag]] depict a ship he used for his first voyage to the Americas, the {{ship||Santa María|ship|2}}. A similar-size replica of the ship, the [[Santa Maria Ship & Museum]], was displayed downtown from 1991 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web |first=Kathy Lynn |last=Gray |url=https://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20180206/who-wants-santa-maria |title=Who wants the Santa Maria? - Lifestyle - Columbus Monthly - Columbus, OH |work=Columbus Monthly |date= |accessdate=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727190407/https://www.columbusmonthly.com/lifestyle/20180206/who-wants-santa-maria |url-status=live }}</ref> The city's [[Discovery District (Columbus, Ohio)|Discovery District]] and [[Discovery Bridge (Columbus, Ohio)|Discovery Bridge]] are named in reference to Columbus's "discovery" of the Americas; the bridge includes artistic bronze medallions featuring symbols of the explorer.<ref>{{cite web |author=Gerald Tebben |url=https://www.dispatch.com/article/20120821/NEWS/308219772 |title=Columbus Mileposts &#124; Aug. 21, 1947: Lightning led bridge to explode, killing one |work=The Columbus Dispatch |date= |accessdate=February 25, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511095418/https://www.dispatch.com/article/20120821/NEWS/308219772 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/conf/1995/cp7/cp7v1-009.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620025037/http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/conf/1995/cp7/cp7v1-009.pdf |archive-date=June 20, 2020 |url-status=live |title=Discovery Bridge |last=Mattox |first=Ronald K. |publisher=Fourth International Bridge Engineering Conference |access-date=February 19, 2022}}</ref> [[Genoa Park]], downtown, is named after [[Genoa]], the birthplace of Christopher Columbus and one of Columbus's [[Sister city|sister cities]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Genoa Park |url=https://www.columbus.gov/recreationandparks/parks/Genoa-Park/ |website=columbus.gov |publisher=City of Columbus, Ohio |access-date=October 21, 2018 |archive-date=October 22, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022073416/https://www.columbus.gov/recreationandparks/parks/Genoa-Park/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The Christopher Columbus Quincentennial Jubilee, celebrating the 500th anniversary of Columbus's first voyage, was held in the city in 1992. Its organizers spent $95 million on it, creating the horticultural exhibition [[AmeriFlora '92]]. The organizers also planned to create a replica Native American village, among other attractions. Local and national native leaders protested the event with a day of mourning, followed by protests and fasts at City Hall. The protests prevented the native village from being exhibited, and annual fasts continued until 1997. A protest also took place during the dedication of the ''Santa Maria'' replica, an event held in late 1991 on the day before [[Columbus Day]] and in time for the jubilee.<ref name="ICT"/><ref name="WaPo">{{cite news |last1=Flynn |first1=Meagan |title=Columbus, Ohio, once spent $95 million to help celebrate Columbus Day. Now, it's canceled. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/08/columbus-ohio-once-spent-95-million-to-celebrate-columbus-day-now-its-canceled/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=July 29, 2020 |date=October 8, 2018 |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711110607/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/10/08/columbus-ohio-once-spent-95-million-to-celebrate-columbus-day-now-its-canceled/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The city has three outdoor statues of the explorer; the [[Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall)|statue at City Hall]] was acquired, delivered and dedicated with the assistance of the Italian American community. Protests in 2017 aimed for this statue to be removed,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/protest-at-city-hall-calls-for-removal-of-columbus-statue|title=Protest at City Hall calls for removal of Columbus statue|first=Ben|last=Garbarek|date=August 20, 2017|website=WSYX|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=July 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200728171517/https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/protest-at-city-hall-calls-for-removal-of-columbus-statue|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by the city in 2018 ceasing to recognize [[Columbus Day]] as a city holiday.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wilhelm |first1=Jim |last2=Rouan |first2=Rick |title=Columbus Day no longer a holiday for namesake Ohio city |url=https://www.dispatch.com/news/20181004/columbus-day-no-longer-holiday-for-namesake-ohio-city |access-date=May 9, 2020 |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524233449/https://www.dispatch.com/news/20181004/columbus-day-no-longer-holiday-for-namesake-ohio-city |url-status=dead }}</ref> During the 2020 [[George Floyd protests in Columbus, Ohio|George Floyd protests]], petitions were created to remove all three statues and rename the city of Columbus.<ref name="Columbus Underground"/>

The city was one of eight cities to be offered the {{cvt|360|ft|adj=on}} ''[[Birth of the New World]]'' statue, in 1993. The statue, also of Christopher Columbus, was completed in Puerto Rico in 2016 and is the [[List of the tallest statues in the United States|tallest in the United States]] – {{cvt|45|ft}} taller than the [[Statue of Liberty]], including its pedestal. At least six U.S. cities, including Columbus, rejected it based on its height and design.<ref>{{cite news|title=Christopher Columbus statue welcomed in Puerto Rico after US cities rejected it|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/19/christopher-columbus-statue-puerto-rico-zurab-tsereteli|date=June 19, 2016|access-date=June 13, 2020|archive-date=July 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160721203124/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/19/christopher-columbus-statue-puerto-rico-zurab-tsereteli|url-status=live}}</ref>