A Chicago advisory committee on monuments has recommended that 41 statues, plaques and other honors around the city be removed, including three statues of Christopher Columbus.
The committee was formed by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot in light of fierce protests surrounding a Columbus statue in the city’s Grant Park, which the 2020 protesters tried to topple.
The city’s three Columbus statues were pre-emptively removed as a public safety measure, and the Chicago Monuments Project was launched to evaluate the rest of Chicago’s monuments.
The committee operates in a purely advisory report, and it is unclear if Mayor Lightfoot will follow its recommendations, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.