Columbus Day is an unnecessary holiday that, for some reason, we still honor today. The holiday is also an affront to the indigenous population. The false sense of patriotism is wrong to memorialize. The whole day is based off of a fabrication of the true events.
When children are in elementary school, they are taught that Christopher Columbus was a hero, to shield the truth. After a couple years, teachers may have started to believe this themselves. In 1937, Columbus day became a national federal holiday. The day was influenced by the Italian-Americans, who claimed that he deserved to be celebrated. Today, people have modernized it and reinvented it as ‘Indigenous Peoples Day,’ which is widely accepted and is a better use of the day. Before
When children are in elementary school, they are taught that Christopher Columbus was a hero, to shield the truth. After a couple years, teachers may have started to believe this themselves. In 1937, Columbus day became a national federal holiday. The day was influenced by the Italian-Americans, who claimed that he deserved to be celebrated. Today, people have modernized it and reinvented it as ‘Indigenous Peoples Day,’ which is widely accepted and is a better use of the day. Before