The 2011 plaques on the Bastion monument have yet to go up.
Proposals to remove the monument have brought strong reactions from ethnic Russians in Estonia and from the Russian government.
In southeast Oregon, plans for a possible Steens Mountain monument have been tangled by a county law that requires no net loss of private land.
"Realistically, these plans should be stopped until such time that all who have an interest in the monument have had a chance to have a say.
In a statement published in August, Angelo Vivolo, president of the Columbus Citizens Foundation, said: "Columbus Day and the Columbus monument have played a vital role in Italian American acceptance and the celebration of Italian culture.
Contrary to the Russian media's allegations, the war graves around the monument have not been desecrated, but exhumed prior to proper reburial; the monument itself was not sawn up, but has already been re-erected nearby, in dignified surroundings.The importance of this goes far beyond Estonia.
