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Don’t cancel Columbus
09Oct26
My favorite holiday, Columbus Day, falls on the second Monday of October every year. This year is extra special because the second Monday is Oct. 12, which happens to be traditional Columbus Day, established by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934. FDR issued a proclamation designating October 12 as Columbus Day and called for the […]
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Happy real Columbus Day!
12Oct23
Today, October 12, is traditional Columbus Day. It was 531 years ago today that the Genoese explorer became the first European to set foot in the Western Hemisphere. No big deal, according to those who want to cancel Christopher Columbus because he violated “norms” that the world wouldn’t discover for another half millennium. The cancelers […]
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