The statue of Christopher Columbus in Tower Grove Park, St. Louis, Missouri was removed on 16 June 2020 by the action of the Park’s Board of Commissioners.1
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The Catholic missionary and saint, Junípero Serra y Ferrer, was toppled by direct action during Juneteeth protests in 2020.
A statue of John Sutter was removed from the campus of Sutter General Hospital / Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento, CA, days after it was marked with red paint by protesters.
A 1990s statue of 16th century Spanish colonizer Juan de Oñate was removed by Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, prior to a planned protest by activists who had long decried the statue’s presence.
Christopher Columbus was removed in Chula Vista, CA, hours before a planned protest in favor of its removal.
A bust of former Belgian King Leopold II in Auderghem, a municipality of Brussels in Belgium, was splashed with red paint and pulled from its pedestal.
A statue of British naval officer John Fane Charles Hamilton was removed by the city of Hamilton, New Zealand, at the request of local Maori.
A statue of colonizer King Leopold II in Antwerp, Belgium was removed from public view after protesters set it on fire.
A statue of Sir John A. McDonald was removed by city action in August 2018 as part of a municipal process of reconciliation with local First Nations.
A statue of Cecil Rhodes was removed by the University of Cape Town after a month of protests by students.