Standing upon a granite pedestal in Washington Square Park, Manhattan, New York, is a bronze statue of Giuseppe Garibaldi, one of the leaders of Italian unification. The statue and its pedestal were created by Giovanni Turini following the organization of the editors of the newspaper Il Progresso Italo-Americano to raise funds to commemorate Garibaldi after his death. Turini was a volunteer member of Garibaldi's Fourth Regiment in the campaign against Austria in 1866.
The statue was dedicated on June 4, 1888. In 1970, it was moved fifteen feet to the east to construct a new promenade through the park. During this movement, a glass vessel from the 1880s was discovered beneath the statue. It contained newspaper articles of Garibaldi's death, a history of the Committee for the Monument of Garibaldi, and posters and news clippings describing the statue's dedication.
The statue is mentioned in Robert W. Chambers' 1895 short story "The Repairer of Reputations" as having been replaced in the story's timeline by a statue of Peter Stuyvesant. Located in Manhattan, the monument remains a physical piece of history within the park's layout.
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