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Do you feel a bit sorry for Columbus about his holiday disappearing? I don't. After all, he was motivated purely by greed.
Columbus was looking for a passage to the East Indies. He found the Caribbean, the Northern coast of South America, and Central America, but not North America, and not a passage to the East Indies. His agreement with the Spanish Crown included that he'd be governor of all new lands he found and receive 10% of all their revenue.
Brutality over slaves was an accepted practice. But during his time on Hispaniola, now Haiti, Columbus was SO brutal as governor, he was removed and arrested. His legacy of slavery on Haiti was the successful slave revolt in 1791.
He never made it to North America. I'd say that almost 100 years of a holiday in his name is more than enough.
Apparently Columbus wasn't particularly famous in the 1500's and 1600's. (See also Wikipedia.)
In the 1800's, Italians were often considered black. One reason for creating Columbus Day was to ratify Italians as white. Now that that's done, we can retire the holiday.
In Thanksgiving, we have a holiday that gives thanks for the checkered history that created America. And we have holidays that celebrate America's formation and the birthdays of early presidents. I think that's plenty.
Our other historic holiday is Martin Luthor King's birthday. While there were many others outspoken against prejudice and hate, his efforts were arguably the most successful. And in 2021, Juneteenth became a federal holiday. Juneteenth is much more about freedom than July 4th.
Like many others, I'd love to see Columbus day be renamed to Indiginous People's Day.