Columbus Day

Columbus Day is a national holiday which we celebrate the day where Christopher Columbus arrived and discovered what we call now  The United States of America on October 12,1492. Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer, and a citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Christopher completed four voyages across the atlantic ocean under the auspices of the Monarchs in Spain. With his voyages he had 3 vessels called Santa Maria, Pinta, and Nina. Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451 in Genoa, Italy and died on May 20,1506 Valladolid, Spain.

Reflection: I think that this anniversary is a bad thing to celebrate in this country for 2 reasons. One being the fact that when Christopher arrived here in America there were already people here who had inhabited the land as their own. So Christopher Columbus just arrived here and killed, raped, and took the land of the indigenous people. Second this anniversary shows about the day where Columbus discovered this place if he didn't discover America what could have been result of that.