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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- a person7년 이하i 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
- radchad7년 이하It 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 7년 이하oww la la boys
- Michael 7년 이하you lire you did not create the shadows
- Michael 7년 이하me super super super cool
- a dude7년 이하cool i like Christopher Columbus
- Ur a BigYearOld7년 이하This controversial
- little lizard7년 이하cool
- little lizard7년 이하cool
- gamer nella7년 이하cool i wonder columbus day is awesome