VIDEO: How a Radical Left-Wing Historian Birthed the Anti-Columbus Crusade By Kelly
Christopher Columbus, the Spanish-backed Italian explorer who discovered the Americas, is also being attacked on a wide scale.
Activists and cities around the country are now working to change the holiday made in his name and are working to remove monuments in his likeness.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has even called for a commission that will review potentially removing the over 70-foot-tall column dedicated to Columbus that currently stands in Columbus Circle.And Portland, Maine’s City Council recently designated the second Monday of October “Indigenous People’s Day” and has elected to stop celebrating Columbus Day.
This is quite a turnaround from when Columbus was almost universally admired.
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