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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  • #7년 이하
    cool
    • Iyanah7년 이하
      i think we should change the name to indigenous day to honor the Native Americans.
      • Person7년 이하
        WE should make it Indiginous people day all iver the world because we were here first adn we disierve to be heard so columbus day is fake
        • rths7년 이하
          I like it
          • your gurl cici7년 이하
            so shisterwe could always do something different why other can do something they wanna do it has been like this for a while and changing it would be weird and the kids would not understand with this being changed, like i said we should keep it!
            • anja7년 이하
              boo columbus
              • Columbus7년 이하
                It should stay columbus day still because the world would not be the same without him.
                • dyasdagsdgas7년 이하
                  agree
                  • ???7년 이하
                    LOL yeah i agree
                    • random'7년 이하
                      i think we should keep columbus day

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