Found this gem while walking to office today morning. It says:
Columbus did not discover America (We were already here!)
For non-Americans: Today is Columbus Day. On October 12, 1492 Christopher Columbus arrived in America. However, as the arrival Columbus marked the beginning of dark era for Native Americans( a lot of them were slaughtered, rest were enslaved), a lot of people oppose any celebrations associated with the Columbus Day. Hence the message.
Sounds very much like what happened here with the Aboriginals after Captain Cook 'discovered' Australia. There were talks earlier this year about possibly changing Australia day (which is now when it was initially discovered) but don't know what's going to become of that...
ReplyDeleteYep! That sounds about right.. I am glad that Columbus day is not an official holiday in Stanford even though all the post offices and government offices were closed..
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