When did FCPS start opening before labor day

[Anonymous]

The move to starting before labor day should have resulted in getting out earlier as well. No reason we should be starting mid-August and still getting out Mid-June. FCPS needs to get their crap together.

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

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I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

But why? It has no meaning, unlike Ramadan or Yom Kippur. It's just an extra day off and only Federal employees and banks have that day off. Everyone else has to scramble for childcare

There have been some years when students were off on Columbus/Indigenous Peoples’ Day and staff worked a School Planning or Staff Development day.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

Say that again for those in the back.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

Why should we have "Columbus day" off?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

Say that again for those in the back.

+1

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

Say that again for those in the back.

Even worse is that many of these holidays are not religious... Why is Halloween a holiday most years? in what religion? Satanic? It was a fun day at school when I was a kid.

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

Why should we have "Columbus day" off?

Because it was the day Columbus discovered America.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

Say that again for those in the back.

Even worse is that many of these holidays are not religious... Why is Halloween a holiday most years? in what religion? Satanic? It was a fun day at school when I was a kid.

Halloween isn’t a holiday you nut. It is the day of the end of the quarter, so it will be a 2 hr early release.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

Why should we have "Columbus day" off?

Because it was the day Columbus discovered America.

Exhibit A for why kids should be in school on Columbus Day learning about the holiday.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

Why should we have "Columbus day" off?

Because it was the day Columbus discovered America.

Exhibit A for why kids should be in school on Columbus Day learning about the holiday.

I assumed the pp was making a joke.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

Say that again for those in the back.

Even worse is that many of these holidays are not religious... Why is Halloween a holiday most years? in what religion? Satanic? It was a fun day at school when I was a kid.

“Most years?” Please stop making things up. It was a teacher workday ONE year because it fell right after the quarter ended on 2022. The two days following the end of the first quarter are always teacher workdays.

Other than that, either school has been in session or it fell on the weekend. Please take your lies elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"The August start should require FCPS ending Memorial Day weekend.

Each student should get 2 "free" days off for cultural and religious holidays, with the only religious holidays with no school being the ones where a large number (10%?? 15%??) Of students and teachers traditionally misding school.

Spring break should be tied to the end of the quarter.

Winter break should only go from 12/23-1/1, with school resuming on the 2nd. Getting off for Christmas is justified because of the sheer numbers of teachers and students who would miss that week, the federal offices and major businesses all closing or completely empty over that week, and the national holiday and cultural history of Christmas in the USA, not only as a religious holiday but also as a secular cultural holiday."

+1

I'm waiting for the rich white moms to come on and say "but, but, the international families travel home during that two weeks" as a way to justify their own international vacations over Christmas break.

Except it's true. A great deal of people, from countries that don't celebrate Christmas, do travel home and some go for longer than two weeks. I don't travel during those two weeks because it's too expensive to do so. I'll drive to WV during winter break and stay off the mountain for a few days. I go out West over spring break because it's cheaper, they still get snow out West, especially so, when spring break is in March. Otherwise I'm a local, with local family, and I don't need to travel over winter break, and I think two weeks is too long.

Call me crazy, but I would never move to another country and then expect the school calendar to be built around my desire to travel to my home country at a specific time of year. I would wait until there was a longer break from school, such as summer, to make that trip. Whatever happened to adapting to your surroundings?

My kid studied abroad to a non western country, and had classes both on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.

They never would have thought to insist that schools were closed for a western religious holiday that is not a primary holiday in that country.

They might consider it if 1000 students were Christian.

No, they wouldn't.

There are thousands of Christians in that country. They still go to work and school on Christmas.

Eid isn't the "random day off" that everyone is talking about. I do think the major religious holidays should be days off. Let's get rid of Columbus day, All saints day, Veteran's Day, 3 kings day, Orthodox Christmas, lunar new year (not religious), Ash Wednesday, Juneteenth. Runners up would be Diwali and Bodhi day. I went to Catholic School and we didn't have Ash Wednesday off. Services were early in the morning and then you wore your ash cross all day at school. Most federal holidays should not be school holidays unless they're major. Veteran's Day, Columbus Day, and President's Day are great teaching days.

We’ve always had Columbus Day off, you nut.

Why should we have "Columbus day" off?

Because it was the day Columbus discovered America.

Actually, Columbus Day is our first federal holiday created to recognize a minority group.

There was a lot of hatred towards Catholics in America from its beginning until recently, as recent as JFKs presidency. Also, until modern times, Europeans considered those from different countries as "different races" even though we now in modern America lump all Europeans together as "white people".

Columbus Day was created by Harrison in the 1890s following a brutal lynching of a group of around a dozen Italian American Catholics for the sin of being Catholic, the wrong kind of immigrant and a different race (in an era where Germans, Swedes, Italians, Spanish and every other European were considered separate races) Harrison wanted to recognize that Italians had been a part of our national heritage since it's earliest founding, through Columbus' "discovery" of the new world, so he set aside a day that year to honor them, as an act of national healing.

After a national campaign by the Knights of Columbus, following many more years of anti Catholic attacks, FDR in 1934 made it an official national holiday, again, to recognize the contributions of Italian Americans and to push back against anti Catholic and anti immigrant sentiment in the country.

Columbus day is in its essence a holiday symbolizing the vital contributions of minority religions, minority races, and new immigrants to this country. This history was taught in Catholic schools for years, and in some public schools in areas with larger Catholic communities.

That is why is is so ironic that in our recent cultural ignorance, that young people, pro immigrant political groups and those on the left are so violently passionate against the recognition of Columbus Day as a national holiday.

If they took a bit of effort to learn about the history and purpose of Columbus Day, they would never have toppled a single statue or worked so hard to tarnish the holiday.