Columbus Day.
And I don't mean because I'm posting this around 8pm on the east coast on the second Monday of the month of October -- meaning that the so-named federal holiday is nearly over.
Instead, I mean that it's almost gone because in places not where I currently live, it's now apparently known as a number of other things -- like Indigenous Peoples' Day (a lot of places) ... or Native American Day (South Dakota) ... or Discoverers' Day (Hawaii). Or -- in Columbus Ohio itself -- they've done something trickier and postponed the whole "you get the day off" concept with Veteran's Day, a day when city employees previously had to work.
Unknown at this time is whether or not Uruguay and Belize (where it's called PanAmerican Day) are wrapped up in this controversy. Also -- I know I'm repurposing the sad Indian from the pollution commercials of the 70's in the picture accompanying this post, but I'm figuring that he can cry for all kinds of things (up to and including smallpox blankets).
That which taught me the part of the story of the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria that didn't involve all the slavery and genocide and "violence, deprivation and disease", as referenced by Presidential Proclamation from the previous office-holder ... once you get removed nationally (which is certainly not expected until after we experience our own regime change here in the US), you will be missed.
HAPPY WHATEVER YOU CALL IT:
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/us/columbus-day-vs-indigenous-peoples-day/index.html
COLUMBUS TRADES TODAY'S HOLIDAY FOR VETERAN'S DAY IN NOV:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/columbus-day-2018-columbus-ohio-not-celebrating-this-year/
AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW:
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/08/nyregion/in-person-in-defense-of-columbus.html
