Wilmington City Council did not find majority support to encourage the city to permanently remove statues of Christopher Columbus and Caesar Rodney during a vote on a resolution Thursday night. The two statues were ordered removed by Mayor Mike Purzycki on June 12, 2020, less than two weeks after a riot took place in Market Street, and in a time period statues in other cities in America were being defaced or destroyed.
Council President Trippi Congo brought a resolution for council consideration that would have "encouraged" the statues not be reinstalled by city leaders, but several council members chose to not take a stand, leading to its failure, and no official advice - yea or nay -- was provided.
