{"id":4,"date":"2025-08-12T02:29:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T02:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:05:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:05:49","slug":"history-timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/?page_id=4","title":{"rendered":"History &#038; Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History &amp; Timeline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A concise chronology of the idea, dedication, and legacy of the Columbus Monument at Mesa Junction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>1892<\/strong> \u2014 President William Harrison declares a holdiat in honor of Columbus the Genose navaigator who opend the trade routes to the new land;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1892<\/strong> \u2014 Idea to recognie Columbus Day as a State (Colorado) holiday was proposed by Columbo Delliquadri and Hector Chiariglione following the Columbian Federation convention in Chicago.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1904<\/strong> \u2014 Carnegie Library opens opposite the monument site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>October 13, 1905<\/strong> \u2014 Monument unveiled for dedicaiton to the City of Pueblo and Mayor West; a parade from Union Depot to the Piazza culminating in the dedicaiotn of the Monument with an estimated 7,500 attendees; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1907<\/strong> \u2014 Colorado adopts Columbus Day (as a result of petitioning by Sen. Barela &amp; Angelo Noce;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1937<\/strong> \u2014 Federal Columbus Day established, with Chiariglione lauded as a principal civilian sponsor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>1905\u2013present<\/strong> \u2014 Annual wreaths, dinners, and community observances in Pueblo.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>2025<\/strong> \u2014 120th Anniversary; Re-dedication at 10:00 AM; Luncheon 11:30 AM; <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"493\" height=\"593\" data-id=\"532\" src=\"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Monument_front.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Monument_front.png 493w, https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Monument_front-249x300.png 249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1-1024x768.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/coiaf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Carnegie-Library_1.webp 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History &amp; Timeline A concise chronology of the idea, dedication, and legacy of the Columbus Monument at Mesa Junction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":535,"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coiaf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}