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The geographic origin of Christopher Columbus has been a long held debate – some are sure the explorer was born in Italy, while others suggest Spain or even Poland.  A break in the case came in 2003 when DNA results showed bones buried in the cathedral of Seville were those of Columbus who died in 1506. Now, a team of international scientists are s...

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Raising concerns about both the process and potential controversy, Mayor Rick Becksted ruled Monday that a City Council vote on permanently recognizing Indigenous Peoples Day in place of Columbus Day would have to wait three weeks. Passionate high school advocates turned out to support the item, which they first brought to the council’s attention l...

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For public school students in Randolph, the October holiday formerly known as Columbus Day now appears as Indigenous Peoples’ Day on the school calendar. The Randolph school board has voted 8-0 to rename the holiday, mirroring a shift formalized in recent years by at least seven states and two New Jersey municipalities amid an ongoing, national rea...

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Cristoforo Colombo non è stato soltanto un grande esploratore egli rappresenta un personaggio ancora contemporaneo in grado di essere di esempio per i nuovi naviganti del futuro, quelli che vogliono innovare, accrescere la propria conoscenza, visionari che immaginano e si impegnano a rendere migliore il mondo in cui viviamo, abbattendo ogni sorta d...

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An Italian American group filed a petition in court Sunday to thwart the city of Syracuse’s planned removal of its Christopher Columbus statue, claiming the move is illegal under local law. The petition — filed in Onondaga state Supreme Court by 29 petitioners including the Syracuse-based Columbus Monument Corporation, former Onondaga County Execut...

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Il prossimo 22 maggio, alle ore 16 (ora italiana) in diretta streaming, a 515 anni della morte, avrà luogo il nuovo viaggio di Cristoforo Colombo verso il mondo. Si chiama COLUMBUS INTERNATIONAL AWARD e prende forma da un’idea concreta del Dott. Massimiliano Ferrara, Fondatore e Presidente di Fondazione ITALY e ideatore del portale DOVE – Dove Vivo...

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Syracuse Mayor Ben Walsh has appointed two new committees to guide the relocation and preservation of the Christopher Columbus statue in Syracuse. In October, Walsh announced that the statue would be removed from its current place in downtown Syracuse. Recommendations and design concepts from the committees are expected early next year. The Heritag...

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Italian-American activists held a rally Wednesday in Columbus Circle urging Mayor Bill de Blasio to restore Columbus Day to the school calendar. "Christopher Columbus is here, he's here to stay," attorney Arthur Idola said. "And on behalf of the lawyers, we are going to do everything that the legal system has to offer to make sure Columbus is not f...

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The Italian American One Voice Coalition (“IAOVC”), America’s largest independent Italian American anti-bias organization, is joining with dozens of Italian American organizations at an Italian American Civil Rights press conference to denounce New York City Department of Education’s (“NYC DOE”) elimination of Columbus Day. The event is slated for...

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On April 6 the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations (COPOMIAO) filed a lawsuit in U.S. Federal District Court against Mayor Jim Kenney and the city of Philadelphia for multiple acts of intentional discrimination against the Italian American community. The most unsettling of which was Mayor Kenney’s unilateral Executive O...

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