Austin And Los Angeles Join The Growing Trend To Replace Columbus Day With Indigenous People's Day
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Columbus Day has been a fixture on American calendars since 1937, when President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared October 12 a federal holiday to honor the Italian explorer who “discovered” the Americas in 1492. However, the holiday, whose date has since been changed to the second Monday of October, has always been somewhat controversial. Many people believe that Christopher Columbus should not be given credit for “discovering” the continent, since Native Americans had already been residing there for generations.
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- LEXIS8년 이하LOL
- LEXIS8년 이하cool
- pusheen :38년 이하I think the name should be changed
- flamegame4$$$$$8년 이하i like how you let it read it out load to every one.
- Jeff8년 이하We should change it because Columbus killed the Indians and took their homes
- mj8년 이하Cool
- Bob8년 이하Good
- Bob8년 이하Good
- rey8년 이하I don't really like the idea
azpinkypie8년 이하ok I think that whether he was a bad guy or not he is still a part of history so we shouldn't want to erase him from history
imactuallyn68년 이하They aren't erasing him from history. They're just changing the name of the holiday.