Columbus Day Italian

Columbus day named for the italian explorer who sailed to the americas on behalf of spain more than 500 years ago has become a painful reminder of the oppression endured by native peoples.

Columbus day italian. In 1937 columbus day become a holiday across the united states. The first state wide celebration was held in colorado in 1907. Columbus day is a national holiday in many countries of the americas and elsewhere which officially celebrates the anniversary of christopher columbus s arrival in the americas on october 12 1492 julian calendar. Columbus day is a u s.

It would have been october 21 1492 on the gregorian proleptic calendar which extends the gregorian calendar to dates prior to its adoption in 1582. Daniel guerriero who is an italian american lambasted the princeton council for the bigotry bias and prejudice that it exhibited by replacing columbus day with indigenous peoples day in 2019. Holiday that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the americas in 1492 and columbus day 2020 is on monday october 12. It was a year after the mob violence on the 400th anniversary of columbus first voyage columbus day was declared a one time national holiday in an effort to soothe tensions with italian.

Italian americans for decades have taken pride in the celebration of columbus day in the united states and rightfully so not because of some modern claims of white europeans committing genocide against native americans but because the italian american experience in the united states is more than most one of the most unique events in american history. Columbus day 2020 won t be celebrated with the traditional parade due to the pandemic but one group is holding a rally and calling for the return of the christopher columbus statues. Moreover white anglos are much much more privileged and powerful than italian americans are.