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LIBERTY STATE PARK   Christopher Columbus Monument       LA VELA DI COLOMBO   New Harbor Companion For Lady Liberty Permanent 6 Story Monument Will Be Unveiled At Liberty State Park To Honor The Italian Navigator U. S. Immigration                      CLICK HERE FOR A LARGER PICTURE October 12, 1998 may be a long way off, but there is a group of high-powered New Jersey and New York business and government officials already setting their sights on Columbus Day – when civilization’s most famous navigator will join Lady Liberty in the harbor spotlight. The Christopher Columbus Monument Committee (CCMC) today announced plans to unveil a dramatic 6-story, sail shaped, bronze monument in Liberty State Park in Jersey City as a tribute to Columbus, and to serve as a constant reminder of the significant role New Jersey and New York City played in the nations immigration history. The spectacular monument will be erected permanently in the park, across from Liberty and Ellis Islands on the weekend leading to the national holiday honoring Columbus.                  A CCMC spokesman said the monument - :LaVela di Columbo" (The Sail of Columbus, by renowned Italian Gino Giannetti – is a gift to the U. S. from the Italian city of Genoa and now completes the harbor’s triad of national treasures with the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. The monument’s unveiling will coincide with the completion of a State of New Jersey-funded $10 million beautification project of Liberty State Park, which included new landscaping, promenades and other facilities. The monument will be unveiled as the centerpiece of Columbus Plaza, a half million dollar park square project currently being designed by the CCMC along a portion of the waterfront walkway of Liberty State Park. The park, rich in immigration History – once serving as the " bridge" from Ellis Island to the mainland for tens of thousands of immigrants – has more than three million visitors annually. The plaza and monument, which will face Liberty and Ellis Islands, will have a breathtaking backdrop of the New York City Skyline and a lagoon on the Hudson River. The CCMC also launched a campaign today that will provide citizens across the country to memorialize their immigrant ancestors on the marble base of the Columbus monument, similar to the Immigrant Wall of Honor on Ellis Island.   Prominent officials and corporations from both states are spearheading the CCMC;s efforts, including former Congressman John J. Cali, former New Jersey Attorney General Robert Del Tufo, William Marino of Blue Cross, Blue Shield of New Jersey, J. Fletcher Creamer of J. Fletcher Creamer and Sons, Inc. Joseph Panepinto of Guarini and Guarini RBA Group, Conair Corporation, Price Waterhouse LLP, Empire State Development Corp. Chairman Charles Gargano, NY Waterway Chairman Arthur E. Imperitore Sr., Coalition of Italo-American Associations President William D. Fugazy, Matilda Raffa Cuomo and New York Stock Exchange Chairman/CEO Richard Grasso. "This is a tribute to the vision of Christopher Columbus, but it also celebrates the immigration of all ethnic groups who helped build third nation, as well as new immigrants – the entrepreneurs building dreams and fueling the economy just as our ancestors did," Mr. Guarini said. Added Mr. Cali, "this monument will greatly enhance the third treasure in our harbor. All Americans will have the opportunity to become a permanent part of history." For information on the memorial campaign, or acknowledgement sponsorship in a commemorative program, contact 212-843-1714. Proceeds are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and will go toward construction and maintenance of Columbus Plaza.   ELLIS ISLAND PHOTOS LINKS NEW DIGITAL PHOTOS YOU MUST TAKE A LOOK NEW LSP LICENSE  PLATES LSP   SECRET CASTLE STATUE OF LIBERTY LOOKING UP AT THE    STATUE LOOKING DOWN AT THE STATUE WALL OF HONOR THE GREAT HALL OF ELLIS  ISLAND MEADOWLANDS F.AQ.  TELEPHONE     NUMBERS PHOTOS  OpSail-2000 DIRECTIONS   FERRY  LSP SOUTH END ELLIS ISLAND  JERSEY SHORE STATUE OF LIBERTY    MAP    Ellis Island Advisory Committee on  the Preservation and Use TABLE OF CONTENTS CENTRAL RAILROAD TERMINAL NJ CRRNJ THE JERSEY CITY ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE THE JERSEY CITY IRISH FESTIVAL PHOTOS NATIONAL COUNCIL ON ALCOHOLISM AND DRUG DEPENDENCY  COLUMBUS MONUMENT AT LSP EMMA LAZARUS; FAMOUS POEM :LSP LICENSE PLATES  LSP DESIGN AND SLOGAN   CONTEST FOR NEW PLATES       PICTURE OF THE SURROUNDING LSP AREA ,  LIBERATION MONUMENT ,FISHING AND CRABBING , BATTLESHIP NEW JERSEY COMING TO LSP ? 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