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October 28 - Let's discuss what happened on that day

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222318) • United States 28 Oct 19

Statue of Liberty Dedication Day National Chocolate Day 1492 - Christopher Columbus landed in Cuba on his first voyage to the New World. 1726 - The novel Gulliver's Travels is published. 1886 - President Cleveland dedicates...

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Why Americans still celebrate Columbus day?

Your Highness Emperor Albert Whisker @CaptAlbertWhisker (32760) • Calgary, Alberta 11 Oct 17

First he didn't really discovered America, Native Americans did! Some Vikings and a Chinese explorer had been there first but you don't see them mass murdering Natives. Also he is not the person who proves the world is round....

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Tell Me It's Not So...

Susan @HazySue (39265) • Gouverneur, New York 11 May 17

I just read an article that claims that Christopher Columbus was not the benevolent person that I believed he was. He was not the person who was portrayed in the history books we studied when I was in school. Tell me it isn't...

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Do You Live in the Northeastern United States?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 15 Mar 16

Do You Live in the Northeastern United States? Most Americans are aware that Native American tribes lived in the Northeastern part of what would later become the United States, hundreds, in fact, probably thousands of years...

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Did Christopher Columbus Discover America?

Alice Henry @IreneVincent (15960) • United States 4 Jan 16

That's what the history books told us, but more recently, I learned that Christopher Columbus never set foot on the mainland of North OR South America. Even though he was credited with discovering America, he only got as far as...

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Today Is Christopher Columbus Day.

bostonphil @bostonphil (4459) • United States 10 Oct 11

When I was growing up in Boston, Christopher Columbus day was a big deal. The city celebrated. There was a parade. I believe that it was a holiday for all. Times have changed. I now live in Austin, Texas. No one celebrates...

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Having a big heart to CONQUER the UNKNOWN.

imkong @imkong (30) • India 27 Aug 11

In the year 1947, a man started a small vegetable oil company from his old mill. Indeed, a humble beginning.When he died in 1966, his 21-year-old son, Azim Premji, then an Electrical Engineering graduate took on the leadership of...

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Reasons why Christopher Columbus was accused for genocide of amerindians.

essasam @essasam (64) • Trinidad And Tobago 9 Oct 10

Reasons why Christopher Columbus was accused for genocide of amerindians.Can someone give me a site with this information.

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Christopher Columbus crew

sender621 @sender621 (14889) • United States 21 Jul 10

Traveling back through the pages of history would be the opportunity of a lifetime. Christopher Columbus discovered the new world in 1492. If you could, would you have been a member of the crew of Christopher Columbus' famous...

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Is Christopher Columbus,hero or vilain and should he be studied in schools ?

ronnyb @ronnyb (6113) • Jamaica 28 Feb 09

Many credit Christopher Columbus as one of the greatest explorers of all time .He is responsible for "discovering many of the territories in the Caribbean including Jamaica ,Hispaniola and Cayman”. Now ,I use the term "discover "...

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Columbus Day...

howard96h @howard96h (11640) • New York, New York 12 Oct 08

I would like to wish everyone a Happy Columbus Day. Many people are off from work, if there is a parade where you live are you planning on going to see it or will you catch it on TV? Enjoy the day.

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