Columbus Statue To Be Removed From State Capitol

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By John Moreno SACRAMENTO- Law makers issued a statement announcing that the Columbus statue in the rotunda of the Capitol building will be removed: “Christopher Columbus is a deeply polarizing historical figure given the deadly impact his arrival in this hemisphere had on indigenous populations…The continued presence of this statue in California’s Capitol, where it has been since 1883, is …