Read this article from Wikipedia, especially toward the end. It isn’t pretty.
Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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I believe Grant owned some slaves.

Theres no reasons for the statues being torn down. Its being done by uncivilized animals who are just looking to cause chaos and destruction. Statues totally un related to this excuse for a cause have been targeted. Just think, theyve burned down and looted stores in the own neighborhood and last night tried to overtake the White House. Theyre just savages who were raised without learning respect. Blame the parents

Complete Stupidity, shows incompetence in our school systems and family values.

Columbus actually did enslave many thousands of indigenous people and presided over the deaths of hundreds of thousands, it is thought. Not a very nice guy.
Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

That's the elephant in the room. With both parties being at odds here these days, don't be giving anyone any ideas. As they say, let sleeping dogs lie.

It’s well known that cattle are enslaved their entire lives and oppressed by slave-driving cattle dogs that are complicit with their owners. Those are the famous “Capitalist Running Dogs” I used to read about when I lived in China.

I suggest everyone just arm themselves and take care of their own property

The reason the lunatic left are toppling statues is because nobody really cares that much about statues and therefore are not willing to confront them. So, they get the 'news' they are looking for with little resistance. I call it COWARDICE at its lowest level. Nuff said.

Wrong! Grant's father owned slaves and he hated it. He left home when his father put him in military school. As an adult he never owned a slave, he actually went in the military then quit to go farm and almost went bankrupt trying to farm by himself. When that failed he rejoined the Union army at the request of the Illinois Governor. After the war he got caught up in a ponzi scheme with his son, and lost everything. He spent his last days writing his memoirs before dying of cancer. Never owning a single slave.

The moron here is anyone who would condone violence, vandalism, and rioting. If you want them removed, go through the proper channels.

Removing cell phones and social media =s Removing stupidity
These morons can't think. Just like sheep and cows they can only follow

Regardless of what he did we cannot destroy our history. Are you saying that tearing down his statue is justified?

Just a bunch of thugs looking to tear something up. Fill the statues with history books.

Let's not pass partial truths on about another President. There is enough misinformation going around. Grant's in-laws from Missouri were slave owners, and by virtue of the fact that his wife Julia Dent was guilty by family, a slave briefly passed into Grant's possession when Mr Dent died. He was emancipated. Grant did a lot for the black population (such as could be done back in the day). As far as the original post about The Villages statues being in danger---seriously? LOL! Ron