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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  • Lilly girl 😂❤️🤑7년 이하
    Wow Columbus I weird
    • mm4453307년 이하
      nice
      • ?7년 이하
        so sad
        • Nimba Jones7년 이하
          Don't care about what he did Still calling it Columbus day
          • bobyo the 3rd 7년 이하
            very good and really informatoinal
            • Default7년 이하
              Columbus didn't step foot in America, none of the places he went to were the USA. He went to the Dominican Republic, but that would not be true because there were about almost half a million Taino people there anyways.
              • Name7년 이하
                I don't care if they change it, I just want no school
                • ya boi7년 이하
                  Keep the name I want no school
                • Peter7년 이하
                  Nice
                  • pumpkinginger7년 이하
                    I think we should keep the name because he was the first person to name the U.S.A

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