Re:Change Columbus Day to Exploration Day
by waterlesscloud on Saturday October 06, 2012 @05:27AM
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I'm normally pretty skeptical of anti-european sentiments, but in this case I'd be fine with changing the name of the holiday.
Whatever your viewpoint, the exploration of America was pretty complicated and complex, and even just the story of discovery alone is more than Columbus. So open it up, celebrate all the explorers involved. If you've got a story to tell about the first people across the land bridge and down into the continent, let's add that too.
I'd be fine with celebrating the entire story of the exploration of the continent.
Whatever your viewpoint, the exploration of America was pretty complicated and complex, and even just the story of discovery alone is more than Columbus. So open it up, celebrate all the explorers involved. If you've got a story to tell about the first people across the land bridge and down into the continent, let's add that too.
I'd be fine with celebrating the entire story of the exploration of the continent.