SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — “Does Columbus make it into your lens?” one of the men said. “That’s what we’re trying to do here.”
That’s how the press gaggle began. It was just a couple of guys, really. But the man of the hour was made entirely of bronze.
For years, the statue of Christopher Columbus has been at the center of both downtown Syracuse and a controversy over how to remember one of history’s most impactful figures, for better or for worse…