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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- Nobody 약 7년Umm but if it changes won’t the man it’s named after be sad even though he just might (is) not living?
- dame tu cosita약 7년(celebrating columbus day)
- slasher약 7년cool Caleb bray
- Caleb bray약 7년this is so cool to learn this and chill
- pupgirl약 7년i think we should keep the name. I MEAN REALLY PEOPLE, WHO WOULD WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME? its been with us for over 100 years. and guess what, IS CHRISTMAS GONNA BE NEXT? WHAT ABOUT THANKSGIVING? columbus claimed this place we call home. this i am not happy with. just because he was from england, doesn't mean we can just change it now. WE WILL NOT CHANGE THE NAME!
- Unicorn girl약 7년I think columbus was a horrible
- Mr. Kent약 7년I often wonder where the indigenous people of America came from.
- BOOm shakalaka 약 7년um not really
- redkid47약 7년I think that chistofur columbos needed help with the ship
- George the emu약 7년I think they should change the name to indigenous day instead of columbus day