But depending on the state, city or school district, some schools may be closed. For example, public schools in Massachusetts, Washington, D. However, in other areas, such as California and Florida , public schools remain open on Columbus Day. The first recorded celebration of the day was on October 12, on the th anniversary of the landing. The day became an official holiday in following a proclamation from former U.
Library of Congress explains. Tribes, and they do not get along long enough to beat the Taliban. You have a precious, but not realistic, view of life before your limited life span. Your indigenous were tribal. Every last one of them. Italian-Americans comprise the fifth largest ethnic group in the US and have celebrated Columbus Day since In , the Pledge of Allegiance was written to commemorate the year anniversary of the trans-Atlantic voyage.
I trust that we can agree that we must not and cannot favor one heritage at the cost of another. The pledge of allegiance has nothing to do with what Columbus did. I do not favor celebrating a man who was so destructive to the people he came into contact on his voyages.
Your comment is incorrect and should not have been allowed to be posted by the MV Times. These practices occurred hundreds of years after The trans-Atlantic voyage during the Middle Ages.
To be clear, I support IDP but think it would be wiser if it was celebrated on a separate day. There is no reference to Columbus in the Pledge of Allegiance. Francis Bellamy was a screaming Socialist. First, I never said there was a reference to Columbus. Lastly, the federal government still recognizes the second Monday in October as Columbus Day.
Have a wonderful Columbus Day! Probably too much trouble to put in the effort? How about we take a questionably white male human being, deify him, worship him, and shove this religious belief down the throats of every single American, turning his birth AND his death into national holidays, long weekends, and even months of celebrating him.
Then imagine the hissy fits if the country shut down for Yom Kippur. The Christian white privilege and accepted sense of entitlement is very is alive and well in the calls to hold onto celebrating Columbus. When marginalized people notice how systemic racism is in this country, you can count on these outraged objections from many in the privileged white and mostly Christian community.
Gene— wow— good try at portraying liberals as too lazy to create a new holiday. Really creative. Talk about lazy slackers.. At least some people are trying to do something that they feel will go a little way to recognizing an historical injustice. Good for you to be the first here to attempt defamation of those you disagree with. Good trump move.. I am sure he would be proud of you.. Gene we woke up to the fact that Columbus was not a very nice person.
We do not celebrate not nice people. Gene —Just in case you forgot about the last holiday to be added to the national calendar , it was signed into law by Ronald Reagan on Nov 2 and is observed on the third Monday of January.
It was finally recognized by the state of Arizona in , after a 32 year battle.. That hero of yours never stepped foot in North America, never even touched any of the continental US. So maybe you can see why celebrating this guy is offensive to Native people. You do know that Columbus landed on what are now the Bahamas, right?
The Bahamas are part of N. But, be it the Bahamas or Hispaniola, it all is part of North America. You cant have it both ways. He never set foot on continental North America. Never mind that there already natives living there. This was what the Spanish did. Carla— Every island in the Caribbean is on the North American continent. Which is what I meant. I know this. So the Bahamas were technically not assigned to any continent yet.
As a reflective individual I see both sides here. Ultimately he led the way for the majority of people living on this continent. But he was more of a scum bag than that guy with the orange hair and makeup who LOST the election in But, what do you do?
Try to scrub him from history? Do we try to scrub the fact that thousands of our Caucasian ancestors willingly, methodically and mercilessly slaughtered perhaps millions of indigenous people to near extinction? I have to say, I am on the fence about this one.. Not because I think highly of columbus, but because i value a true history.
I always appreciate an informative and lively debate.. Please— Express yourself!!! Always enjoy reading your responses! Compared to Stalin and Pol Pot Columbus was piker when it came to dealing with the unruly. We should celebrate that Columbus was better than those guys. Good, thoughtful arguments, Don…. Don, he was a genocidaire and kidnapper. What exactly will happen if we take the most obviously white supremacist holiday off of the calendar?
Do you imagine that the only reason children know about Columbus is because he has a holiday? Not that children actually learn anything about Columbus. Well, I see a some people seem to think that because Columbus was Italian, and there are a lot of Italians in America that we should keep it as Columbus day. And the indigenous people did lots of nasty things to the white people. I know, they were defending themselves— But how many people in this country consider Ho Chi Minh a hero?
I offer a compromise.. Since Columbus was Italian, he must have loved pasta! And keep in mind, there has never been a war over Pasta. Plenty of people in this country consider Ho Chi Minh a hero. And not to Americans who know it was wrong to invade Vietnam.
Alexis— good word there. I did not know it… I think you are correct in your comment— His profile is on the large natural gas tanks as you approach Boston after all. What did Columbus do for the US? He certainly did not make it a safe place for people of color. This is just an advisory committee with no final say in the school system.
It may set a tricky precedent where any group with an agenda can demand equal airtime before school committees. What happens when MAGA supporters demand the schools teach that the election was stolen? To keep them from having a hearing is discriminatory.
But feel free to look for yourself. The Precedant has been set. The question is will our mostly white , non- indigenous leaders have the heart , soul and responsibility to join this movement to correct history , honor those we have dishonored since we all non indigenous folks landed and immigrated here. He has had is day in the spotlight.
Who decides who gets to make their case? Will only liberal and progressive groups get a hearing? There will be no mail delivery. Indigenous Peoples' Day was first proposed during a United Nations conference in It has continued to grow in popularity over the years.
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