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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- Unknown7년 이하I think we should change the name because Christopher Columbus was not the first one to discover America. And Christopher Columbus enslaved the Native Americans and made them do a lot of work. Which was very cruel! And he killed millions of people! SO I think that is why we should change the name.
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- applebees7년 이하i think that the name should be changed because it really should be it is very boring