Art. History. Heritage.
Join the Columbus Monument Corp and other Italian groups on Saturday Sept 21 for Italian Night, as the Syracuse Mets take on the Charlotte Knights. A great night out as we all support our heritage!
You can buy your tickets here.
2024 Columbus Day Celebration – Come and celebrate 90 years of immigrants honoring their Syracuse citizenship
Mayors come and go, but we endure. Come join us for this momentous occasion.
This is our 90th Year. We aren’t going away
Yesterday, the state Court of Appeals rejected the Columbus Monument Corporation’s request to appeal a lower court’s decision that tossed their attempts to block the removal of the statue.
On Thursday, New York’s highest court announced they would not hear the case. This decision means that the state’s Fourth Appellate Department’s ruling that paved the way for the city to remove the statue will stand.
Importantly, the appellate court did not rule on whether the city has the power to remove the statue. Instead, it found that the monument corporation’s lawsuit was filed prematurely because the decision to remove the statue had not gone through all the administrative steps needed for approval.
Of course, had we not taken action early in the process, the monument might already have been destroyed.
As soon as the City and Mayor Walsh follow the prescribed process necessary to destroy the historic Columbus Monument, we will be back in court.
Please stay with us in this fight. Mayors come and go. We have been around for 90 years, and we aren’t going away now!
Join us on the Columbus Monument Corp float!
Photo by Nicholas Lisi/The Post Standard
For the first time ever, the Columbus Monument Corp is having a float in the Syracuse St. Patrick’s Day Parade! Come out and join us to celebrate the heritage of all European immigrants!
Our float will include models of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria and a banner celebrating our 90th anniversary. Please come walk along side of us.
Be at the intersection of Erie Blvd and West St. at 12:15 on Saturday. We are in the Leinster Division, about the middle of the parade.
See you all there!
We are very thankful to all of you who have been so supportive in working to save Syracuse’s historic Columbus Monument
A big THANK YOU to the hundreds of you who came out to the SAVE OUR STATUE Rally at Columbus Circle this morning, despite the pouring rain. With participants from across the spectrum of Syracuse citizens, this sends a strong signal to Ben Walsh that our entire community cares about this important, historic tribute, and that it should stay right where it is.
TOMORROW SAT OCT 7 @ 10 am RAIN or SHINE Columbus Circle
The current administration at City Hall is planning to remove the statue by noted Italian sculptor Lorenzo Baldi that has stood at Columbus Circle for 89 years.
The city wants to take our statue down, and they are taking steps to remove it soon. We must take collective action to stop them and block them.
We must all speak out against the proposed removal of this artwork and the city’s attempted erasure of an iconic part of our shared heritage that was created by the people of Syracuse. If we do not attend tomorrow’s rally and speak out, the statue could be taken down.
In order to halt the statue’s impending removal, speakers representing various nationalities and ethnic groups will be gathering at 10:00 am tomorrow morning to speak in favor of the statue’s retention and our desire to preserve an important part of Syracuse’s history and one of our finest examples of public Art. We ask that you join us to ensure that your voices will be heard.
Saturday Oct 7 at 10 am. Columbus Circle Syracuse
Please join us on 𝐒𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟕𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐭 𝟏𝟎:𝟎𝟎 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐬 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 for a rally and press conference. This is to prove that the effort to save Syracuse’s art, history and heritage is community wide, and not just grounded in one ethnic group.
If you believe the statue at Columbus Circle is a part of our city’s shared heritage and history, please join us for a Save The Statue Rally on Saturday, October 7th at 10:00 am at Columbus Circle.
𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐲 𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝟗𝟎 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝.
This is not the fight of any one group. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐬. So, please join us on Saturday, October 7th at 10:00 a.m. at Columbus Circle and let your voices be heard!
Please spread the word!
From one of our strong supporters:
“Attached is a video my son took yesterday morning at the Monument.
I and some friends bought flowers to add to the beauty of the Monument. While the city does clean the water and pick up the trash bins from time to time, it is not cared for as a monument should be. Never do they care for the circle’s dirt area where there are some remnants of plantings. I have found that same treatment for other monuments, also. I am doing this as a community resident.
Working down there planting and taking care of the flowers have been great experiences. It is an amazing magnet for those visiting the city and staying in the downtown area. I have had mostly great experiences. Not one negative response that one might expect.
Visitors from around the world–Russia, Italy, China, Canada, Ukraine, Cuba, Australia– have come by and walked to the edge of the pool and have been interested in the artistry and history of the Columbus Monument. Some are truly amazed at its beauty. One elderly Onondaga native has been appalled at the recent mayoral decision to take it down and place it elsewhere.
Added to the foreign reactions, many from our area say the very same thing.
It has been quite a learning experience. I treat the Monument like my garden at home.”
