emeraldjoy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 Has this been discussed? Is it just too darn cliche? My feelers won't be hurt; don't worry. Anyone feel sort of wierd "celebrating" it? or not? e Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 We do not, though ds talks about it after years of public school. I find the whole thing ridiculous, personally. And people wonder how things like Obama getting the Nobel prize come about. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted October 12, 2009 Share Posted October 12, 2009 (edited) We've never really celebrated it (school's not out in our town), but I don't vilify Columbus either. I've presented the truth of his life (as much as we know; good & bad) and indicate that the reason he receives special attention is because it was his voyages that really mark the beginning of European exploration of the Western Hemisphere. We pretty much only talked about it when we were studying that time period in history. I think we should change the day to Explorer's Day. LOL. Then we could all celebrate whichever Explorer was our personal pc favorite. We could celebrate the American Indians for having been the first to discover the Western Hemisphere or maybe we particularly like Marco Polo. Or how about Hensen's exploration of the North Pole? The Vikings? Brenden the Navigator? We could go all the way back to Noah or the dispersion of peoples at the Tower of Babel. I’m sure they explored the surrounding territory. Whatever, I’m pretty easy going about it. :D Edited October 12, 2009 by Daisy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldjoy Posted October 12, 2009 Author Share Posted October 12, 2009 Carrie, interesting thoughts. Thanks for your reply. Daisy...Love the idea of Explorer's Day!! How could we help make something like this happen? In our town the school is still in session; however, bank, government offices are all closed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedwithboys Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 This is probably late, but I did a quick post this morning on my blog with a neat link and recipe for Columbus day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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