Essays on Columbus Day

In recent years, a topic of much controversy has been the circumstances of our own American colonization. The mistreatment, capture and killing of Native Americans during the Columbian Exchange has turned the perspective of many from an event of major importance to an event of...

Americans have celebrated Columbus Day since 1937 and it has become a proud mark on the calendar. Some have argued that Columbus was the cause of the annihilation of the Native population. However, it is important to remember Columbus was a man of his time,...

America has celebrated Christopher Columbus as a national holiday since 1892. However, I feel this holiday should not be a holiday due to the history of Christopher Columbus. I am not the only who feels this way as several people in my class argued with...

Jaydubbaya NPCs tweeted “happy Indigenous people’s day”. The implication of that renaming is that White people never should have even come here. Even Columbus, Ohio, which is named after him, did not celebrate it this year. Columbus statues are being vandalized all over the country...

America is a country rich in culture and different ethnicities and this has to be respected by everyone. For many decades the country has been celebrated for its high levels of equality, and democracy, although it has taken a lot of struggle for the country...

There existed numerous explorers such as Prince Henry, Hernan Cortes, and the explorer most people know about Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer and also a navigator born in 1451 in Genoa Italy. Columbus died in 1506 and was in a lifelong pursuit...

For years Americans have been celebrating Columbus Day. I grew up thinking he was a hero for discovering America. I was confused as to why instead of Columbus Day others celebrate indiginous people’s day. When I moved to out closer to the Morongo Indian rezervation...