COLUMBUS MONUMENTS PAGES
| Place |
Artist |
Date |
Type |
New Rochelle, N.Y. (USA)
|
|
2001 |
Statue |
Description:
Bronze statue on a marble pedestal.
Inscriptions:
Bronze tablet on the pedestal:
CRISTOFOTO COLOMBO
1451-1506
TO HONOR
AND PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE
ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
WHO DREAMED GREATLY
DARED COURAGEOUSLY
ACHIEVED MIGHTILY
IN A NEW WORLD
AMERICA.
Notes
Unveiled 5 October 2001. The statue was sponsored by the Calabria Society of New Rochelle, New Rochelle High School / Iona College.
The monument is quite close to the monument for Leif Eriksson!
Source(s):
- Photo: Peter van der Krogt, 20 October 2001.
- Photos of the unveiling at Casa Calabria.
