Goodbye Columbus
Goodbye Columbus
Whither Columbus?
Explorer or evildoer? Discoverer or despoiler?
Nearly five centuries after his epic 70-day voyage, this
native of Italy and agent of Spain is at the center of a tricky
cross-current equal to any encountered when he headed West to find
East in 1492.
Just consider some Columbus Day events this year.
Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria departed Spain
Oct. 12 on a journey retracing Columbus’ Atlantic route. In the
District of Columbia, a ceremony at the Columbus statue and a
reception at the Columbus Club kicked off a year-long national
observance.
But at sunrise, in another corner of the nation’s capital, an
American Indian group known as the 1992 Alliance read the names of
native tribes exterminated by sword or disease after Columbus
landed. The memorial began what is called “The Year of the
Indigenous Peoples.”
Read more here:
Whither Columbus?
Explorer or evildoer? Discoverer or despoiler?
Nearly five centuries after his epic 70-day voyage, this
native of Italy and agent of Spain is at the center of a tricky
cross-current equal to any encountered when he headed West to find
East in 1492.
Just consider some Columbus Day events this year.
Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria departed Spain
Oct. 12 on a journey retracing Columbus’ Atlantic route. In the
District of Columbia, a ceremony at the Columbus statue and a
reception at the Columbus Club kicked off a year-long national
observance.
But at sunrise, in another corner of the nation’s capital, an
American Indian group known as the 1992 Alliance read the names of
native tribes exterminated by sword or disease after Columbus
landed. The memorial began what is called “The Year of the
Indigenous Peoples.”
Read more here: