In 1492 Christopher Columbus “discovered” the Americas. In 1937 the current president, Franklin Roosevelt, declared it a national holiday. New information now makes us debate whether or not we should celebrate this holiday. If you would’ve asked me a year ago I would have no reason to argue this holiday’s existence, but now I think we shouldn’t celebrate this holiday. This holiday commemorates his “discovery” of the Americas. Even though he didn’t even discover them. It also brings up many terrible acts he committed. We were always taught that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue and he had discovered the Americas. This isn’t completely true. Yes, in 1492 he did land in the Americas but he didn’t discover them. He merely had stumble
