Posted on 10/06/2017 7:49:22 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Viva el senor Don Cristobal!
Que viva la patria mia
Y que vivan las tres carabelas
La Nina, la Pinta, y la Santa Maria
COLUMBUS DAY, 2015
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Over half a millennium ago, Christopher Columbus -- an ambitious navigator native to Genoa, Italy -- set sail for new horizons. Aboard the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa María, his expedition went west for a months-long journey. Though his first of four voyages across the Atlantic did not end at his desired destination of Asia, Columbus's adventure reflected the insatiable thirst for exploration that continues to drive us as a people.
Columbus's legacy is embodied in the spirit of our Nation. Determined and curious, the young explorer persevered after having been doubted by many of his potential patrons. Once opportunity struck, when Ferdinand II and Isabella I agreed to sponsor his trip, he seized the moment and pursued what he knew to be possible. Columbus's arrival in the New World inspired many and allowed for generations of Italians to follow -- people whose Italian-American heritage contributes in immeasurable ways to making our country what it is, and who continue to help strengthen the friendship between the United States and Italy.
Though these early travels expanded the realm of European exploration, to many they also marked a time that forever changed the world for the indigenous peoples of North America. Previously unseen disease, devastation, and violence were introduced to their lives -- and as we pay tribute to the ways in which Columbus pursued ambitious goals -- we also recognize the suffering inflicted upon Native Americans and we recommit to strengthening tribal sovereignty and maintaining our strong ties.
In the years since Columbus's time, the legacy of early explorers has carried on in the wide eyes of aspiring young dreamers and doers, eager to make their own journeys and to continue reaching for the unknown and unlocking new potential.
In commemoration of Christopher Columbus's historic voyage 523 years ago, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as "Columbus Day."
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 12, 2015, as Columbus Day. I call upon the people of the United States to observe this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also direct that the flag of the United States be displayed on all public buildings on the appointed day in honor of our diverse history and all who have contributed to shaping this Nation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord two thousand fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fortieth.
BARACK OBAMA
Thank you Mr. President !
Whereas, Most Christian, High, Excellent, and Powerful Princes, King and Queen of Spain and of the Islands of the Sea, our Sovereigns, this present year 1492, after your Highnesses had terminated the war with the Moors reigning in Europe, the same having been brought to an end in the great city of Granada, where on the second day of January, this present year, I saw the royal banners of your Highnesses planted by force of arms upon the towers of the Alhambra, which is the fortress of that city, and saw the Moorish king come out at the gate of the city and kiss the hands of your Highnesses, and of the Prince my Sovereign; and in the present month, in consequence of the information which I had given your Highnesses respecting the countries of India and of a Prince, called Great Can, which in our language signifies King of Kings, how, at many times he, and his predecessors had sent to Rome soliciting instructors who might teach him our holy faith, and the holy Father had never granted his request, whereby great numbers of people were lost, believing in idolatry and doctrines of perdition. Your Highnesses, as Catholic Christians, and princes who love and promote the holy Christian faith, and are enemies of the doctrine of Mahomet, and of all idolatry and heresy, determined to send me, Christopher Columbus, to the above-mentioned countries of India, to see the said princes, people, and territories, and to learn their disposition and the proper method of converting them to our holy faith. . .
Government workers get off....but I’ve never had it off. Of course the kids love any day off.
I think Catholic would be bad enough for the KKK.
No! ... Catholic!
During its 1920s heyday the Ku Klux Klan was unremitting in its hostility towards Catholicism.
There!
The U.S. Govt in Washington, District of Columbia
Washington & Christopher Columbus
Not Che, not Indigenous Indian, not MLK
Thank you so much for posting that, Bob. I was getting completely confused about what was different. Reading the two proclamations made it perfectly clear. O proclaimed a day when it was okay to attack the very holiday he was announcing. PJT remembered why we grew up honoring the cultural awakening on this continent. I sometimes wonder if liberals really would have preferred the entire United States had been turned into one large, undeveloped park.
I refuse to blame Columbus for any supposed harm done the Romantic Utopia envisioned before Columbus came is a MYTH. I agree with Thomas Sowell on historic fact and cultural timeline. I especially like the fact that Columbus sailed past the recently reclaimed Fortress at Grenada. after so many years of suffering Islamic Oppression.
Good for Trump!
Happy Columbus Day!
Knew about the KKK’s anti-Carholic views. Historical rumors say that Columbus’ family had been Jewish, but converted to survive in Italy.
Good for Trump!
Nice positive message and no ‘evil white man’ BS.
Good for him! He’s grown up with wonderful, patriotic people with Italian roots. He respects them and their contribution to America.
If the libs want to regognize the native Indians, that’s cool. I have some of that in my heritage. Turn MLK Day in to Native Americans Day. There are more people here with that in their heritage than with African heritage, I’d guess.
“Someone was threatening to take down the Columbus statue in NY.”
I think it was DiBlasio wanting to get rid of everything Columbus. Yesterday there were news clips of the statue with security around it.
DiBlasio is a nut and a disgrace to his ancestors.
Taking down statues is a trend across the nation. In Pittsburgh, they’re taking down a statue of Stephen Foster the 18th century composer of My Old Kentucky Home because some of his lyrics are not PC correct. BTW, Stephen Foster had ties to Pittsburgh.
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