Goodbye, Columbus
• Lewrockwell.comIn 1492, "Columbus sailed the ocean blue" and discovered the New World. And Oct. 12 was once a celebrated holiday in America.
In 1492, "Columbus sailed the ocean blue" and discovered the New World. And Oct. 12 was once a celebrated holiday in America.
There is all kinds of evidence that Columbus wasn't the first. Native Americans originally came across the Pacific, or across the Bering Strait. There were the Vikings. And we are starting to find evidence of many others. Keep Columbus. But tell the truth about the others.