Should cities remove statues of columbus?

yes.  

Explanation:  In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue... pillaged the land he found, enslaved the people he encountered and orchestrated mass genocide. It doesn't take a genius to see why many people are calling for statues of Christopher Columbus to be removed from public areas, saying the statues glorify Columbus and his crimes. Others argue removing the statues would hardly atone for the atrocities committed and is tantamount to erasing history

the crusades are one of the most significant events in the history of europe and the middle east.   they were a series of religious wars carried out by christian crusaders from europe during the timeframe of the middle ages.   beginning in 1095 ce, the crusades saw european knights and noblemen travel to the middle east in an attempt to capture the holy land away from muslim people that had controlled the region for the previous centuries.   the term crusade means ‘cross’.   therefore, the europeans that became crusaders viewed themselves as ‘taking up the cross’.   in fact, many of the crusaders wore crosses on their clothing and armor as they made their pilgrimage to the holy land.

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