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1st city in US named for Columbus puts his statue in storage

| June 12, 2020 1:27 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The first city in the United States named for Christopher Columbus has removed a statue of the explorer and placed it in storage for safekeeping after it was vandalized several times in a week.

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