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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- ssssssssss약 7년sad
- dingding약 7년good artical
- awesome_tips약 7년I think the holiday should stay the same because people aready celebrate Columbus Day,it will also be hard to change.
- flashboy약 7년Why do they make people slaves.
- peoples9약 7년I think that its a little rude to change the name so soon on such short notice.
- Hello약 7년I feel like it should not be Columbus Day because of the native slaves.
- 4th graders약 7년Our class believes that it should be changed to Indigenous People's Day because Columbus killed millions of Native Americans and did not discover our land.
- A smart person약 7년But yeah, have your opinion. Just know its the wrong one.
spacey030약 7년then whats a point of a opinion?
- animal lover약 7년I heard that there is a vote thing to git ride of columbis day.
- japanese dove약 7년this is amazing