Some entity is well well motivated to have the tapestry of our history removed. Government House Grounds is non political and represents the Head of our Commonwealth, The King's Cypher shows a 👑 on top with C III then R. It is Royal Grounds not Bahamian Grounds for political heroes. Then what else could anyone make of this self worship mischief future. Columbus touched global transformational storm, but The Vikings visited America's North, The Chinese and Japanese ancient fleets showed maps of The America's East. Columbus was not the first Bahamian, but he surely did place The Bahamas on the renown eternal and epic global map of Earthly time of which the whole world accepts these shores for. Columbus' statue in its singular pose impacts where no other, dead or alive has for the spread of Christianity to the ancient New World. He firstly pierced our sands with the Crucifixe, bowed down then thanked God. Historical records read of raiders from Hispaniola to The Bahamas in search of free labor. A stone, carved crown molding within a historical and sacred building show what appears to be a market with Lucayans carrying turtles alligators, fruits to trade. Too little of our history is told from within. But old Bahamian Laws do mention the presence of Indians here. The least we could do is place a Lucayan village to the sea entrance of cruise ships complete with canoes in reverance and silence to the people who once lived here. We are still here both white and black but the Lebanese, Jews, Greeks, Spanish and French along with Germans who survived submarine sinking off Cat Island. World history places The Bahamas Christopher Columbus visit as the epoch changer in the events of civilization that is irreversible and cannot be replaced by a repositioned figure mere fronting faking and making a laughing stock mockery global greatness. We might as well replace the French built Statue of Liberty with a statue of American icon Trump for the sake of being American.

@monc. You are way out of depth on global events. The world wants us to pay for the 96% pollution it spews that they claim is is changing the climate to the point of man made disaster then encouraging us to immediately adapt more mire expensive means of energy that profits their industry. Not to mention we only create 000.0003% of global polluters but must pay 10% of the cost burdon. Add to that as Brave bravely scolded the industrialized nations should be paying us for the damage caused by global warming that the collective West creates over 85% of the damages alone. What is still mind boggling to me is that a volcanic belch brlch alone creates two decades of air pollution so they should place their mouths over the volcanoes first. They are telling Africa, a least polluter to stop free fuel use from its territory and switch to expensive alternatives although they cannot afford it. But Industriized world is ready to give Shanklin loans to buy their windmills.

The Bahamas and Africa are both being asked to contribute disproportionately to the G7 climate agenda.

https://sputniknews.com/20221004/sudane…

History should have no envy, as we all could make a mark. To remove a statue, an epic within our tapestry that begins with the Taino People, Portuguese and African Ocean voyagers, then Columbus and other Europeans then us Africans who remain a part of this fixture. What goes around will come around one day as the whims of a next generation may be enlightened and spiteful. History will judge our mark ad oh look these people replaced a global stature of universal epic proportions then out of envy replaced him with their a god of their own deserving of standing fifty feet tall on top of Fort Charlotte which lies naked of a statue. Only Lord Dunmore's ghost resides there.

The Bahamas Historical Society did nothing to correct Bahamians on Columbus' lack of involvement in the African diaspora as the historical truth reads his search was for India by way of heading West. We are not sure if history could be determined mere accidental or destined during any era of enlightenment marked as discovery. The ancient Portuguese sailors, and according to National Geographics, the African sailors saw these islands as of questionable trading value. However, few nations at the time had mercantile resources hunger to place large cargo ocean ships to sea. Even our indigenous had the Florida keys under their oars. Quest for labor resources was not Christopher Columbus' mandate. W. E. B. de Boise. they came before columbus. We should question our history according to our slavers.

Every nation has its unique historical tapestry, but The Bahamas is not a permanent place where we guard our lace in history. What The Creator designed was erased from our unique tapestry by a pen stroke which I hope was instead preserved for prosperity. To mere men, history is a whim and fancy represented by fleeting narratives without a cause. That Columbus died 200 years before the first black African came to our shores, but somehow ignoring the participation of the then Portuguese great sea power and their initial finding of gold in what is now Brazil we will find historical honesty.

Haiti has more oil than Venezuela. According to the above information. And good news for Defense Force trip to Haiti.
https://www.rt.com/news/565408-biden-ha…

https://www.worldoil.com/news/2010/1/27…

Even killers can get a lesser charge of man slaughter. But for husbands rape is a no brainer jail offense. Even the church has mercy for the convicted souls of mass murderers and child rapists. They roam the streets among us. Even if our wives or daughters are raped by strangers the accused guilt nay may never be proven but he remains out on bail to rape another innocent young girl someone's daughter, someone's infant or someone's wife. Husbands are cast into the dungeon with them as likewise bloody slaughterers criminals gaining a sex offender record, and the church bows to this that a rapists is a murderer a thief then flogged in the streets thrown to the lions of earthly eternal shame.

Older men, if something miraculously turns from flaccid to rigid, then, no time to ask questions before glory that comes in seconds. In EU the written permission was tested. A consenting yes meant it is ok for both parties. But while at the gate a sudden NO was written during the throughs to glory land with full brakes on but still sliding down the road then crashed and mash up. If I recall that was rape. So government needs to produce a marriage manual for sleeping like Adam and Eve while fearing Fox Hill all penetrating jungle.