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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  • #1약 7년
    I think if there going to change one them change them all.
    • ...............약 7년
      this is stupid you guys are thinking to hard
      • annabelle smith약 7년
        i feel embaraced
        • OOF약 7년
          I think that they should change it
          • BigBoi약 7년
            Good article
            • muffet
              muffet약 7년
              I think it should be native peoples day
              • MMMMM약 7년
                Good pics but i cant spell
                • hobo약 7년
                  wow:)
                  • A smart person약 7년
                    Wow. So true, maybe it somehow lead to the new world, there’s that. and yeah the native Americans didn’t cross the seas, but they still got there befor Columbus. Plus, your “Greatest discovery of all time” killed millions of people in the process, and I’m not gonna just let people think this guy was a hero without giving my own piece of mind into the conversation. #AbalishColumbusDay
                    • Skulltrooper약 7년
                      Columbus Day

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