How can this day be forgotten? One day in history a curious man named

Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451, in Genoa, Italy. As time went

on Christopher was living in Portugal. He was an Italian explorer, navigator,

colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the rule of Spain, he completed

four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. The reason for the voyages was to establish

permanent settlement on the island of Hispaniola, which initiated the Spanish

colonization in the new world. Back then, everybody thought that the world was flat

and said that if he sailed west, he would fall off the face of the earth and die. His

proposal to reach the East Indies by sailing towards the west, needed support from

the Spanish Crown. He was to find a …show more content…
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became a state holiday at first in Colorado in 1906. It later became a federal holiday

in 1937. People had already been celebrating it during the colonial age. The first

occasion was in New York on October 12, 1886.

One problem today, is that Native American people are protesting against

Columbus Day because it is the same day as Indigenous Day, which promotes the

Native American culture. Indigenous day is a counter-celebration to Columbus Day.

To the Indigenous people, Columbus Day is a holiday to celebrate the taking

of their land. The Indigenous people are protesting against the celebration of

Columbus Day, because it is the celebration of a racist legal and political legacy. It is

a horrible memory of the Indigenous people. It is a day that changed their lives

forever. Native Americans forced to give up their land. They died of deadly diseases

brought by the Europeans. They were turned into slaves and forced to mine gold.

To the Europeans, it was a great and majestic day to discover the new world.

The religious people were able to practice their religions without being