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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- connor snyder7년 이하columbis is a person
- Brayden7년 이하I think they should change it because Christopher Columbus took the land took the supplies killed the people and brought diseases he took all of it so yeah
- GURL7년 이하I think they should change it. GURL- 6th grade
- I AM TAPEMAN7년 이하But he still found america
- OOOOOOOOOOOFLOL7년 이하I THINK THEY SHOULD CHANG IT BECAUSE COLUMBUS DIDNT FIND JACK DIDDLY SQUAT!!!
- I AM TAPEMAN7년 이하it should be not be Columbus day because Columbus was not the greatest person.
- TheGrutella7년 이하I think that Columbus day should stay and I like to get days off so who cares free day off am I right?
- Nadja 7년 이하I think that people should keep it the way it is and they should have the right to change it. Everyone's taking it a bit too far so my opinion is that it should be called Indigenous Day because Columbus did not really discover America. - Nadja, 5th grade
- login bro7년 이하i think columbes day should stay
- EA sports7년 이하Change it to "Hey I found some land that people already live on but I'm gonna say I discovered it anyway! Move out of the bois Columbus is in town."