If he is so special why don't I have the day off from work? ☺ j/k
2006-10-09 04:39:45 · 9 answers · asked by TropicalSun 5 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
He did not discover America but he opened up opportunities for European Colonization. You don't have a day off from work because the United States makes us all slaves to our jobs!
2006-10-09 04:43:10 · answer #1 · answered by roxy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World in 1492. Similar holidays, celebrated as DÃa de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Hispanic Day in Spain, and the newly-renamed (as of 2002) DÃa de la Resistencia IndÃgena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela, commemorate the same event.
Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of Italian-American heritage. Columbus Day was first celebrated by Italians in San Francisco in 1869, following on the heels of 1866 Italian celebrations in New York City. The first state celebration was in Colorado in 1905, and in 1937, at the behest of the Knights of Columbus (a Catholic fraternal service organization named for the voyager), President Franklin Delano Roosevelt set aside Columbus Day as a holiday in the United States. Since 1971, the holiday has been commemorated in the U.S. on the second Monday in October, the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring Canada.
Italian-Americans feel pride in the day due to the fact that Christopher Columbus, an Italian sailor, sailed to the Americas. Many royal courts were interested in financing the voyage, but Spain financed the ships for Columbus' brainchild. Some Hispanics are embittered by this victory for Columbus. In the United States, Banks and government offices are closed on Columbus Day.
see why?............
2006-10-09 11:42:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We all need a symbol. For some, Columbus fills the bill!
2006-10-09 11:42:15 · answer #3 · answered by cadaholic 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They claimed he was the first to come out to the Americas.
2006-10-09 12:46:29 · answer #4 · answered by Judas Rabbi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know, I also hate it how idiots think he brought the pilgrims over on the Mayflower. Uh hello, he came over with the Pinta, Ninia, and the Santa Maria.
OK.OK. So I probably didn't spell those right.
2006-10-09 11:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by Death Virus 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, that's so bogus. He didn't discover America and why do we celebrate it as such? It's gotta make you wonder who the losers are that come up with this s*it!
2006-10-09 11:57:24 · answer #6 · answered by BoosGrammy 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
YEAH, SHOULDN'T THIS BE CALLED "AMERIGO VESPUCCI" DAY? HE WAS THE ONE THAT TRULY DISCOVERED AMERICA. IF COLUMBUS REALLY DID FIND AMERICA OUR COUNTRY WOULD BE CALLED UNITED STATES OF COLUMBIA.
2006-10-09 13:06:17 · answer #7 · answered by MR. RETARDO IX 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
how many holidays do you actually get off? i work them all except Christmas and i'd work that too if the store was open.
2006-10-09 11:43:09 · answer #8 · answered by janine a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We need a holiday for everything...
2006-10-09 11:42:58 · answer #9 · answered by Apollo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋