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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  • a person약 7년
    i think we should change it to indigenous peoples day because 1. the indians found the mainland not columbus! 2. colombus killed millions of indians 3. he enslaved the remaining indians 4. i don´t want the name of the holiday to be columbus day
    • radchad약 7년
      It should not be Christopher Columbus day because he did awful things to young women ages 10-15 and killed tons of people that already lived in America. He's an awful person
      • Michael 약 7년
        oww la la boys
        • Michael 약 7년
          you lire you did not create the shadows
          • Michael 약 7년
            me super super super cool
            • a dude약 7년
              cool i like Christopher Columbus
              • Ur a BigYearOld약 7년
                This controversial
                • little lizard약 7년
                  cool
                  • little lizard약 7년
                    cool
                    • gamer nella약 7년
                      cool i wonder columbus day is awesome

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