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In reply to the discussion: Why is Columbus Day still a holiday? [View all]Drahthaardogs
(6,843 posts)82. What about St. Patrick's Day?
I bet the folks in Northern Ireland are too keen on celebrating the Saint who converted them to Catholicism. Columbus Day is about celebrating Italian Americans. If you chose to make it about something else, that is your choice.
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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