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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  • xxkiaxx약 6년
    wow..
    • alienfromarea51약 6년
      we should. change the name
      • Xxx kia xxX약 6년
        I think we should change the name of Columbus day because i think it would be good for us because we hardly even one celebrates it any more.
        • hi약 6년
          Columbus Day, because it was the name originally.
          • hunter anderson약 6년
            I dont think that it should be sellabrated because he didn't discover it.
          • natduff619약 6년
            I don't really care what it's called but we should still remember that Columbus is the reason for cultural diversity in the Americas. Yes, he did do a lot of bad things, but we should still acknowledge that fact. I think we should leave it as it is.
            • le monke 약 6년
              native american day
              • mj약 6년
                i think this is going good
                • Anonyumus약 6년
                  this is the worst thing i read
                  • SOY YO약 6년
                    He literally was WRITING IN HIS JOURNAL ABOUT HOW NICE THE TRIBES WHERE AND HOW EASY IT WOULD BE TO TAKE THEM OVER. That shouldn't get him an entire holiday for celebrating a horrible person.

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