Hello guno,
Originally Posted by
guno
Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around the US for years now. Some have decided to do something about it.
A number of states have moved to officially observe Indigenous Peoples' Day, or some version of it, instead -- a holiday to recognize the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Christopher Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent.
The list..........
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/11/us/in...rnd/index.html
Interesting.
The States choosing to celebrate Indigenous People's Day are not delineated along red / blue lines.
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