Discussion»Questions»Holidays» Why are we (US) still celebrating Columbus day? He was not the first one here. The Vikings were here hundreds of years ahead of him.
Not everyone celebrates Columbus Day. Columbus returned to the New World to claim the land and overthrow the inhabitants at the direction of the Church. There were 100 million indigenous people who were not considered human because they were not Christian. Personally, I don't think we should celebrate what he did.
Today is also Indigenous Peoples Day.
This post was edited by Jane S at October 14, 2023 9:21 AM MDT
Because the Post Office is run by Indigenous people? The USPS is actually run by the mentally challenged if you go by the person or persons who deliver the mail to my building.
Not mine. Once again, mail for a completely different building has been delivered to ours and will sit on top of the mail boxes for who knows how long.
The native Americans were Asian in origin, having crossed the then-frozen-over Bering Strait. The Ainu people of Hokkaido are genetically almost identical to the Inuit.
But they evidently did not let the rest of the Europe know of their travels to the continent. So it remained unknown to Europeans.
This post was edited by my2cents at October 11, 2023 1:40 PM MDT
Brendan knew and let everybody else know, but "Navigatio" was regarded as fantasy - until in 1976 Canadian adventurer Tim Severin proved it was plausible by building a leather-hulled coracle using 6th century materials and techniques, and recreating the fabled voyage. He made it. Along the way he encountered "giants who threw brimstone" (Iceland is extremely volcanic), "great fish with swords in their mouths" (basking narwhals) and "a floating crystal mountain surrounded by a net" (an iceberg surrounded by rotten sea ice) before landing in Newfoundland. Brendan simply called it as he saw it.
Good question.. I guess because we're ashamed, we deny all the bad sh*t we've ever done. It's kinda crazy. You can't discover land that has people on it.
Some factions think if they ignore what happened, it'll go away. That's why they burn books, and tell us that slavery had some good points.
Remember, it's not a lie if you believe it.. George Costanza.
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This post was edited by excon at October 14, 2023 9:24 AM MDT
Columbus Day was never recognized in my state. Indigenous Peoples’ Day (2nd Monday in October) became a state holiday in 1990.
This post was edited by Livvie at October 11, 2023 9:37 PM MDT
Jane S 