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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My grandparents were Italian immigrants in the early 1900s. So for them, Columbus Day was always important given the history of the events preceding the holiday. However, in our small nuclear family we think of this day as immigrants day in Lou of Columbus Day in addition to indigenous peoples day. So perhaps a melting pot day. [/quote] +1. It always blows my mind that people don’t know why “Columbus Day” became a thing, or why people whose last names end in vowels might be a little salty that it’s been taken away. [/quote] It blows your mind? Columbus Day is a really f**king obscure way to celebrate Italian Americans. A son of Genoa with an Anglicized name sailing for Spain because Portugal wouldn't have him? A holiday named after a specific person focused on a singular event that had basically nothing to do with Italy? Can't imagine why people might miss that detail. Mind blowing, really. [/quote]
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