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In reply to the discussion: Why is Columbus Day still a holiday? [View all]Odin2005
(53,521 posts)54. Italian-Americans view it as "their day".
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It gives a few people something to complain about between 4th of July fireworks and Thanksgiving
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#7
Jack even has an index page of Halloween-related tracts for your convenience!
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#13
do you support the USA living up to all it's promised to Native American tribes?
CreekDog
Oct 2012
#52
His work helped pave the way for millions of families to escape oppression in Europe
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#17
On my mother's side I had an ancestor at Jamestown and some in early Pennsylvania as well
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#47
the tens of millions of Native Americans that died afterwards made room for them
CreekDog
Oct 2012
#56
I'm not denying the atrocities that were committed against Native Americans
slackmaster
Oct 2012
#62
And your knowledge must be more pathetically ignorant than mine, since you posted no numbers
CreekDog
Oct 2012
#118
Duh the stupid it hurts.... It should be Mormon Day. Jesus Christ came to America 2000 years ago!
DippyDem
Oct 2012
#21
For that matter, why is 'Thanksgiving' still a holiday? The heirs of the Native Americans
coalition_unwilling
Oct 2012
#25
He was a slave trader and kidnapper of humans he sold into bondage en mass
Bluenorthwest
Oct 2012
#26
So we shouldn't celebrate Columbus because he was a murderer and sociopath, BUT . . .
4th law of robotics
Oct 2012
#34
Dang right we do. We are a very proud people and have done alot for this country. You
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#64
I can't read Italian but yes Columbus day is important for Italian Americans. thank you.
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#90
Well my Aunt and 2 cousins live in Parma and the rest live in Naples. I can speak the
southernyankeebelle
Oct 2012
#108
Yes. It wasn't celebrated until 1906 and was not a national holiday until 1937.
KurtNYC
Oct 2012
#93
"....rape of Jewish women would end in death for the German man would did it." SOURCE? And comparing
WinkyDink
Oct 2012
#72
It really was a massacre and since Old Columbus didn't land here I don't get it.
LaurenG
Oct 2012
#88
While we are on the topic, why is Thanksgiving on Thursday, making the day after a holiday?
yellowcanine
Oct 2012
#133