The Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans paid a security firm to prepare plans to protect statues of Christopher Columbus removed from Grant and Arrigo parks two years ago amid protests.

In August, the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans demanded that Columbus statues be returned to Grant and Arrigo parks by Columbus Day and protected at city expense. It didn’t happen ...

LUNCH AT TERRACE GARDEN Tributes to Carlo Barsotti, Who Started Movements for Statues to Italian Heroes Here. Share full article. June 3, 1907.

Dozens of beautifully preserved, 2,000-year-old bronze statues were found in what Italian authorities are calling an "exceptional" discovery from a sacred thermal spring that will “rewrite ...

Through decades of hardship, the statues, parades and days honoring Cristopher Columbus became outlets for Italian American pride. The Columbus Dispatch Story by Basil M. Russo ...

An Italian heritage group in western Pennsylvania vowed to appeal a judge’s ruling that Pittsburgh officials can remove a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park.

Italian-American residents are criticizing a settlement between the Chicago Park District and the Joint Civic Committee of Italians Americans to move a Christopher Columbus statue indoors after it ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — An Italian heritage group in western Pennsylvania vowed to appeal a judge’s ruling that Pittsburgh officials can remove a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park.