Columbus Day Or Indigenous Peoples' Day? You Decide!
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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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- queen_11377년 이하I can't believe all this time he killed millions of people.
- gsgfdre7년 이하who plays fortnite
- lol7년 이하Also, the Native Americans were there first!
- pusheen7년 이하i think they should
- lol7년 이하I think that they shouldn't honor the brutal murder of the Native Americans by naming it Columbus day!
- Eva7년 이하I don't like Mr. Columbus anymore.
- dewey school7년 이하I DID NOT KNOW THAT PEOPLE WATED TO CHANG THE NAME OF THE HOLIDAY
- Christopher C7년 이하It should be Columbus Day named after myself, Christopher Columbus.
- YoBoyMossGod7년 이하I think that it should be indigenous peoples day.
- home7년 이하This is cool and I agree that it should be Indigenous People Day:)