Pros And Cons Of Columbus Day

Most people think that Christopher Columbus was the founder of America, but was he? Christopher Columbus was a famous explorer. He was the man who had been said to have found America. In 1492, Columbus and his 90 other crew members reached the coast of North America. When they arrived to the new land, there were already people there. Those people were the Native Americans. Evidence shows that the Native Americans had been in America for a very long time before the English came and took it over (for instance, DNA testing on old bones). Furthermore, when Columbus took over their land, he also did very atrocious things to the Native Americans. This should be thought about when considering whether Columbus Day is a good holiday. Columbus came and took land from …show more content…
But it wasn’t always a national holiday. In 1937 it became a national holiday, with the help of President Benjamin Harrison and Angelo Noce (the founder of “La Stella” a newspaper). There are many cons to Columbus Day. These include celebrating that the English were the first to find America when the Native Americans were clearly already here. As well as celebrating that they killed Native Americans and took over their land to use it for ourselves. One of the most significant cons of Columbus Day is celebrating a holiday dedicated to a man who took over people’s land and killed them.
Columbus Day is bad because Christopher Columbus wasn’t even the man who found America first. The Native Americans were the first to be there. He took over the land that the Native Americans had first, took them and kept them as slaves. He also killed them and only went on the journey for Gold, God and fame in the first place. There are so many different sources of evidence that shows that the Native Americans were here first including: artifacts found in America that have been here for hundreds of years. Way before the English set foot in America.