Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? You Decide!

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Statue of Christopher Columbus (Photo Credit: Kenneth C. Zirkel (Public domain or CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons)

Columbus Day, which is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October to honor the Italian explorer credited with “discovering” the Americas, has always been somewhat of a controversial holiday. That’s because while Christopher Columbus stumbled upon what we now call the Caribbean on October 12, 1492, he never set foot on the mainland – even on his subsequent three journeys. Besides, North America had already been “discovered” by the Native Americans, who had been living there for many generations.

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  • Prois Gamer7년 이하
    I think we should keep it
    • Hannah sisk :v)7년 이하
      I think we should rename Columbus day to indigenous.sure it doesn't have a nicer ring to it, but it might make things better for history.
      • Uganda lady7년 이하
        indigenous peoples day all the way
        • unknown7년 이하
          indigenous peoples day for life
          • Indigenous7년 이하
            Columbus Day is amazing I think we should keep it
            • dawn7년 이하
              Columbus day because we should stick with the original name
              • bob7년 이하
                Indigenous Peoples' Day!!
                • Mom7년 이하
                  I think we should keep Columbus Day. ;)
                  • juddley
                    juddley7년 이하
                    keep columbus day
                    • selfiechelsea
                      selfiechelsea7년 이하
                      BOTH he tlook people's lives but also saved us😓

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