March 23 (UPI) -- A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on White House property, a replica of one torn down in Baltimore in 2020.
The 13-foot statue of the Italian explorer was installed early Sunday morning. It's a replica of one torn down and dumped into Baltimore's Inner Harbor in the summer of 2020 by racial justice protesters.
The new statue was placed on the north side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building facing Pennsylvania Avenue. The building is next to the West Wing and has offices for White House staff.
Pieces of the marble from the original were used to recreate the statue.
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