Columbus Day celebrations this year may be hard to find. Traditional festivities and parades have been drastically scaled back because of the coronavirus, and fewer Christopher Columbus statues remain standing after protesters toppled or defaced some of them this year. In Chicago, the city’s parade was canceled, as was a big luncheon typically held by the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans. The committee’s plans instead include a small, socially distant rally Monday at a park where a Columbus statue had long...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 10, 2020 12:02 UTC