Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :smacks the PC Nazis around a bit:

"10. Not everyone thinks Columbus is a hero.

Although traditional historians view Columbus' voyage as opening the New World to Western civilization and Christianity, many revisionist historians view him as a villain. They believe his discoveries marked the beginning of the destruction of Native American peoples and culture. In recent years, many people who view Columbus Day as a celebration of conquest and genocide have rejected this holiday and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day."

EXCUSE ME??

"Indigenous Peoples Day"???

What IS this bullsh*t??

I'd like to remind everyone living in La La Land, that the "Indigenous Peoples" spent a HECK of a lot of time killing each other off.

As in, ALL THE TIME.

And, unlike the Europeans who came after in various parts of the "Americas" the "Indigenous Peoples" NEVER paid each other for taking each other's lands. AT ALL.

Basic rules of war are/were that winner takes all.

So, basically, all the nice (anal, but they meant well) Puritans/etc were a HECK of a lot nicer to the "Indigenous Peoples" than the "Indigenous Peoples" were to the "Indigenous Peoples".

...Ok, done now. But just HAD to make the point, you know? PC-ness makes me ill. Blah.

Especially since this paticular article was published with the intent that children would read it and learn this PC bilge as the TRUTH!!! Argh!

The following, however, is cool. (And I was not aware of this.)

"9. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited publicly for the first time during Columbus' 400th anniversary.
The words to the first version of the 'Pledge of Allegiance' (then titled 'The Pledge to the Flag') was published in the Sept. 8, 1892, issue of 'The Youth's Companion.' A month later more than 12 million school children recited the words for the first time in schools across the nation to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America."