I do not celebrate this holiday, which has wreaked havoc on our native Americans, the first people. Columbus and his troops killed them, enslaved them, and brought diseases to this new land to which the natives had no immunity! This to me was a crime of inhumanity. Instead, I celebrate Indigenous People's Day, and I am not a native American, but I am humanitarian. And did you know that Vermont does not celebrate Columbus Day? It is a work and school day for the state.
I do not celebrate this holiday, which has wreaked havoc on our native Americans, the first people. Columbus and his troops killed them, enslaved them, and brought diseases to this new land to which the natives had no immunity! This to me was a crime of inhumanity. Instead, I celebrate Indigenous People's Day, and I am not a native American, but I am humanitarian. And did you know that Vermont does not celebrate Columbus Day? It is a work and school day for the state.