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Nick Pirro

Oct 12, 2026

1:24
Uh, what's the status of that and who, who's involved with
1:27
it? This was something that, uh, the city concocted with the, uh, Onondaga Historical Association, uh, with a Mellon Foundation grant.
1:35
And of course the Mellon Foundation is known, uh, for trying to destroy a lot of the history of, uh, not only Columbus, but other things throughout the country.
1:45
And, um, So they have solicited artists.
1:51
And the interesting part is that the three artists they selected, one is from Minneapolis, the hometown of the people that were picked to run the design.
2:01
Another one is from New York City.
2:02
And the third one is from Quebec, Canada.
2:42
Obviously, you weren't alive at that point, Nick, but what's your connection to the Columbus Monument?

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