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chelsea0011

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3. It will be interesting to see how far the whole Columbus statues/holiday take it down/

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Sep 6, 2017, 04:55 AM

Sep 2017

remove it story goes. I am all for diminishing Columbus and removing it as a holiday. But America loves a nice tidy story short on history. Bangor, Maine has removed celebrating Columbus Day for Indigenous Peoples Day. Will this take shape across the country? I hope so. As our great(insert sarcasm here) POTUS said about healthcare is "it's complicated". And so is history. Who gets to tell the stories that get printed in our school history books is as complicated as the history itself which is never a tidy story.

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Gov. Cuomo Backs Keeping Columbus Statue in NYC [View all] TexasTowelie Sep 2017 OP

While it would require changing some signs and maps, perhaps he would prefer that we call it...,. Not Ruth Sep 2017 #1

Oh no! Rhiannon12866 Sep 2017 #2

It will be interesting to see how far the whole Columbus statues/holiday take it down/ chelsea0011 Sep 2017 #3