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Columbus Day came and went a few days ago. The Post Office was closed. Not much hype about it. I think people might be ashamed to celebrate it for politically correct reasons.Query: Do you think we should celebrate Columbus Day? Was he or his accomplishments worthy of a holiday?
I don't see it as that great a holiday since Columbus was an ambitious man who accidentally discovered North America. He did bring Christianity to the continent so that, to me, was a good thing, but I think Thanksgiving already celebrates our entry into the New World and is more relative to the Anglo American experience. JMHO
You may be right about Thanksgiving and the Anglo experience. But it seems that when I was a kid the day was celebrated more, as if we had more reverence for the man. I'd hate to know that the reason for any abandonment was because of modern political correctness.Also, it seems that previous generations must have had more respect for Columbus. Heck, an entire country in South America was named after him! So were various cities...perhaps even the District of Columbia. The founders of those areas must therefore have taken more of a liking to him that modern people do.
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