The first ever Columbus Day celebrations were held in 1792 in New York City, marking the 300th anniversary of Columbus’ ‘discovery’, 100 years later in 1892 the US president Benjamin Harrison made an official announcement that encouraged American citizens to celebrate the 400th anniversary. Harrison wrote “On that day let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life”. Later in 1937, Franklin D.Roosevelt was president, it was he who proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, originally observed every October 12, it was fixed to the second Monday in October in
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It began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day, promoting Native American culture and commemorating the history of Native American peoples. The celebration began in Berkeley, California, through the International Indian Treaty Council, and Denver, Colorado, as a protest against Columbus Day, which is listed as a federal holiday in the United States, but is not observed as a state holiday in every state. Indigenous Peoples' Day is usually held on the second Monday of October, coinciding with the federal observance of Columbus …show more content…
In places/ cities where a large amount of Mexican-Americans live it has been decided that they would boycott Columbus day with the new found Indigenous Peoples Day, t he cities participating in Indigenous Peoples Day include: Berkeley, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Olympia, Washington; and Seattle, Washington [list from http://wgntv.com/2015/10/12/some-cities-replacing-columbus-day/]. Some of Columbus’ infamous crimes are as followed: He went back on his own reward offer to the first person who spotted land, he claimed and reported that the natives of the Caribbean Islands were cannibals despite knowing full well this was a lie, he enslaved and tortured the native people. While enslavement was not unusual in that day, his level of disregard for their welfare surpassed even the loose standards of the day, he quite literally worked people to death, he had horrific punishments for the least of crimes and he had dead natives butchered and sold as dog food.
It began as a counter-celebration to Columbus Day, promoting Native American culture and commemorating the history of Native American peoples. The celebration began in Berkeley, California, through the International Indian Treaty Council, and Denver, Colorado, as a protest against Columbus Day, which is listed as a federal holiday in the United States, but is not observed as a state holiday in every state. Indigenous Peoples' Day is usually held on the second Monday of October, coinciding with the federal observance of Columbus …show more content…
In places/ cities where a large amount of Mexican-Americans live it has been decided that they would boycott Columbus day with the new found Indigenous Peoples Day, t he cities participating in Indigenous Peoples Day include: Berkeley, California; Albuquerque, New Mexico; St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Olympia, Washington; and Seattle, Washington [list from http://wgntv.com/2015/10/12/some-cities-replacing-columbus-day/]. Some of Columbus’ infamous crimes are as followed: He went back on his own reward offer to the first person who spotted land, he claimed and reported that the natives of the Caribbean Islands were cannibals despite knowing full well this was a lie, he enslaved and tortured the native people. While enslavement was not unusual in that day, his level of disregard for their welfare surpassed even the loose standards of the day, he quite literally worked people to death, he had horrific punishments for the least of crimes and he had dead natives butchered and sold as dog food.