I wonder if that will be mentioned on Indigenous Peoples Day.
Posted on 10/11/2022 7:08:47 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
“BRING BACK COLUMBUS DAY!” Trump stated on Truth Social.
Columbus Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States, along with other continental nations, to commemorate the day Italian explorer Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas on October 12, 1492. The voyage would be followed by three others in 1493, 1498, and 1502.
Columbus’s first voyage was financed by Ferdinand II and Isabella I, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. The investment was significant at the time due to Spain’s expensive war against the invading Moors (Muslims).
Columbus’s original intent was to find a water route from Europe to Asia to increase trade. Instead, Columbus discovered the “new world,” producing a great expansion of human achievement, standards of living, wealth, and poverty alleviation in less than 500 years.
Some far-left radicals have since tried to cancel Columbus Day in the United States by replacing it with “Indigenous Peoples Day.” “Indigenous Peoples Day” was proclaimed a holiday by the Biden administration in 2021.
“Since time immemorial, American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians have built vibrant and diverse cultures — safeguarding land, language, spirit, knowledge, and tradition across the generations,” the White House’s proclamation stated.
“On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, our Nation celebrates the invaluable contributions and resilience of Indigenous peoples, recognizes their inherent sovereignty, and commits to honoring the Federal Government’s trust and treaty obligations to Tribal Nations,” the proclamation continued.
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On October12,1492, the indigenous peoples did nothing out of the ordinary. On that same day, Christopher Columbus who had risked everything to fund this voyage, went where no one in Christendom had ever gone.Do we celebrate those who dare or those who simply exist?
The hate-America left has eliminated Columbus Day in many areas. Their real target is love of this country. By accusing Columbus of genocide, they attack the very root of this country, the man who discovered the New World.
NOPE!
Columbus thru sailing. Get on the vehicles for outer space.
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Poor Columbus sailed all that way, just to find the Banks and Post Offices were all closed.
In the context of his day Columbus was a very moral man. Columbus Day and his canonization was an effort to make Italians feel more accepted in American culture. You have to strain HARD to delegitimize this great man.
As a general rule I oppose secular holidays for particular people whether it’s Columbus or MLK or Caesar Chavez.
I oppose some other federal holidays as well but that’s for another time
I wonder if that will be mentioned on Indigenous Peoples Day.
And Leif Erikson Day....Hinga Dinga Durgen!
By definition “indigenous” people never got off their ass and went anywhere, let alone sailed to any new lands.
People who stole the land from the previous “indigenous” people.
They could’ve simply added an Indigenous Peoples’ Day in June, to match the Canadian practice (which would’ve been logical from a continental point of view). But no, they had to use this as a club to bludgeon yet another part of Western Civilization.
“Hey, I think I see Ohio, Columbus!”
“That’s Columbus, Ohio!”
I reject the group think.
Proposal- Let’s make Columbus Day another day of national fireworks.
The American Indians have two perfectly good days to call their own.
Aug 20, 1680, when the Pueblo Revolt took place,
and
June 25, 1876, Custer’s Last Stand.
But no-0-o! They have to hijack Columbus day for their own even though they did nothing remarkable on that date!
The so called “indigenous people” were all virtuous until the White man came out of the seas
"Ridiculous! Me and Jeb just coming back from Africa...."
"Cradle of ___ing Civilization!"
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