Pro/Con: Should Christopher Columbus have national holiday?

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Columbus Day has been a national holiday since the year 1937 and has been observed very long ago.

The opponent of the festival insisted that Christopher Columbus was not a historical idol for many reasons, such as local people handling when landed somewhere in the Caribbean. It is not the current United States.

Supporters believe that there is an important historical significance to what he will come to in the new world. Italian-American also use this day to celebrate their legacy.

Every second Monday in October, people in America celebrate the national day to commemorate the discovery of New World's Christopher Columbus. However, as Columbus brought disaster to indigenous people, many people opposed Columbus celebrations. They began thinking about whether Columbus Day should be considered a US holiday. Of course Columbus Day is not a US holiday. First of all, it is quite obvious that Columbus caused the colonial rule of America in Europe and the collapse of indigenous peoples. His crime hides his contribution. A criminal with blood in his hand should not be memorial

There is controversy over whether to continue celebrating Columbus Day in modern society; the history of revisionism prove that Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated. There should not be a holiday to celebrate those who use prejudice to achieve his goals in the new world, as well as honor his achievements he never did. Columbus Day was an American holiday known as "New World" in commemoration of Christopher Columbus' landing in 1937. Looking at some of the books about exploring history will reveal that Columbus has never actually landed on North America and Caribbean islands. In addition, according to Smithsonian magazine, Leif Erikson arrived in North America for about 500 years before Columbus (more specifically Canada). For Columbus, low (latitude), too late (in chronological order)

Columbus Day is a Commonwealth festival celebrating Christopher Columbus and his discoveries in the Americas. It was a long informal holiday, but after an active lobbying by the Columbus Order, Roosevelt became a federal holiday in 1937. The problem is that Christopher Columbus is a mean man. A talented navigator, but a bad person oversees the collapse of the culture he encounters. People who have been tortured, murdered and enslaved to support people living there, pursuing wealth and returning to Spain, will ensure his power in the new world and to further conquest I will stimulate the desire of.