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Explorer Christopher Columbus and His Namesake Holiday Are More Polarizing Than Ever
Biography via Yahoo News· 8 months agoItalian explorer Christopher Columbus discovered the “New World” of the Americas on a 1492...
Crews remove box covering Columbus statue in Philadelphia
WPXI via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCrews have removed the plywood box that had been placed over a Philadelphia statue of Christopher...
Why Some States Celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day Instead of Columbus Day
Good Housekeeping via Yahoo News· 8 months agoWhen Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492, he did not "discover" a wild, untamed land...
Indigenous Peoples Day Continues To Become More Visible As The Columbus Day Alternative
Blavity via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMonday marks the holiday traditionally known as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus’...
Columbus Italian Festival returns with pizza, pasta, music, dance, bocce and much more
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFestival season may be coming to a close for the year, but not before one of Columbus' biggest...
Happy National Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day! More on both holidays — and the complicated...
Deseret News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoRoxanne White, of Yakima Nation, sings as a group marches from Westlake Park to City Hall to mark...
Paper monuments, national memory: Pratt Munson artist-in-residence explores power, national identity
Utica Observer-Dispatch via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA monument to Christopher Columbus stood in Bogotá, Colombia, the hometown of Pratt Munson...
Raymond V. Mariano: Changing street names and removing statues when they offend people
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEach week I get emails from readers commenting on my column. But over the past couple of months,...
Chicago task force recommends removal of monuments, including Christopher Columbus statues, and the...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCHICAGO — Two years ago, as the city of Chicago reeled from a bloody battle between police officers...
What is Indigenous Peoples Day? Is it offensive to celebrate Columbus Day? Everything to know
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe second Monday of October has been a national holiday for close to a century, but this will be...