On Columbus Day
Like Columbus himself – a Genoan sailor who served the Spanish crown – the Columbus Day holiday has had multiple lives.
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Rename Columbus Day for All Explorers
To expand Columbus Day to encompass other adventurers of all American epochs would be most fitting, and allow today’s far more diverse American citizenry to embrace a common thread in our shared history. So why not rename it Explorers Day, simultaneously celebrating entrepreneurship and discovery, and encompassing all intrepid adventurers, of land, sea, air, and space.
