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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- xxkiaxx5년 이상wow..
- alienfromarea515년 이상we should. change the name
- Xxx kia xxX5년 이상I 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.
- hi5년 이상Columbus Day, because it was the name originally.
- hunter anderson5년 이상I dont think that it should be sellabrated because he didn't discover it.
- xxcoldramenxx5년 이상thats a good reason
- natduff6196년 이하I 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 6년 이하native american day
- mj6년 이하i think this is going good
- Anonyumus6년 이하this is the worst thing i read
- SOY YO6년 이하He 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.