Port Charlotte
Florida
2500 Easy Street, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church
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Bust of Christopher Columbus
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1993
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Description
Bronze bust on a small column with relief of a ship; placed on a stone marker with two plaques.
Inscription(s)
COLUMBUS
1492 1992
Two plaque:
quincentennial commemoration
discovery of america
1492 - 1992
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
MEMORIAL
october 12, 1992
sponsored by the
knights of columbus
port charlotte council no. 5399
ponce de leon council no. 8074
heartland council no. 7567
plaque donated by
THE ISABELLA GUILD
The second plaque lists the patrons of the Columbus Quincentennial Memorial.
Annotation
For this memorial more than $12,000 was raised by Port Charlotte Council 5399, Arcadia Council 7567 and Punta Gorda Council 8074, Knights of Columbus.
Sources & Information
- "KC Columbus Monuments," in Columbia, magazine of the Knights of Columbus, April 1993. Sent to me by Greg Ciesielski, member of the Christopher Columbus Philatelic Society (February 2004).
- Photo: Elle Weems, 22 July 2008. See shutterbuginfl's photostream on Flickr.
Tags
Locatie (N 26°59'21" - W 82°5'35") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: usfl06;
Added: 7 November 2004
/ Updated: 6 January 2011
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