Columbus Day 2024 Controversy Wikipedia

Columbus Day 2024 Controversy Wikipedia. Columbus day marked a key battle in the history wars of the 1990s. The purpose of columbus day is to commemorate the italian explorer’s october 12, 1492 arrival to the americas.

Even two decades ago, before much of the recent reevaluation of the italian explorer, only 25 states and the district of columbia observed columbus day as a. The idea of a holiday to celebrate the people who lived in the americas before christopher columbus ever set foot there got its start in the 1970s, and became.