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Middletown
Connecticut

Columbus Point at Harbor Park

Christopher Columbus

Jerry T. Williams
1996

Description

Granite statue on a granite base.

Inscription(s)

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
DISCOVERER OF AMERICA
- 1492 -

ERECTED
BY
INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS
IN CELEBRATION OF THE TRIUMPH OF
THE HUMAN SPIRIT OVER ADVERSITY

A metal plaque below this has the inscription:
THIS MONUMENT WAS CREATED AND SITED | THROUGH THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE FOLLOWING | "COLUMBUS QUINCENTENNIEL COMMITTEE OF | MIDDLETOWN, INC." MEMBERS: [followed by their names].

On the sides there is are large bronze plaque with the names of the people who sponsored the monument. One of these with a deptiction of Columbus' fleet.

The back side bears the inscription:

IN HONOR OF ALL
ITALIAN-AMERICANS
WHOSE ACHIEVEMENTS
HAVE ENRICHED THE
SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND
CIVIC VITALITY OF
THIS CITY, REGION
AND STATE

Annotation

The monument was dedicated on October 12, 1996.

Artist

Jerry T. Williams, sculptor of Barre Sculpture Studios (Website)..

Sources & Information

E-mail by Jerry T. Williams of Barre Sculpture Studios.
NIAF, Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States.

Location (N 41°33'33" - W 72°38'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usct12; Photograph: 24 October 2000

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