Blog Entry #2; Our proposal.

Our group feels that we should not celebrate Columbus Day. This was a mutual agreement, because we don't feel that Columbus necessarily deserves a day of recognition. Personally, I feel this way because Columbus didn't do much for America. I mean, sure he 'discovered' it, but technically, he didn't. When Columbus came to America, Native Americans were already here, therefore meaning that they did America before Columbus even thought about coming here.
I feel that we should change Columbus Day, to a day that honors the Native Americans, and gives them recognition. We should also use the day as a sort of apology to the Native Americans, for harming and killing so many of their people. For that to happen, it was inhumane. I would love to pay the Native Americans back for everything that they did for us, and I would love to give my condolences. It would be incredible to able to do this for the Natives.

Blog Entry #1; Columbus Day.

In my opinion, a country that celebrates a person like Columbus, shouldn't be frowned upon. Do I agree with Columbus Day? No. I don't. However, I don't feel that people who do believe in Columbus Day should be looked down upon. Everyone has their own opinion of things, right? It just so happens that not everyone's opinion is the same, because then the word 'opinion' wouldn't exist.
Obviously, whoever thought of Columbus Day believed we had a reason to celebrate Christopher Columbus. As for me, I honestly don't care about the purpose behind Columbus Day, so yes, I would change it. To me, it doesn't make any sense to celebrate Christopher Columbus, because technically, he didn't 'discover' America. It was apparently already here, and people were too. Those people were the Native Americans.
Now, as for what it says about people who celebrates this day, I can only give my opinion. I don't think it says anything about a nation that celebrates this. At least, nothing negative. The same way that we celebrate Christmas, and many others don't, is the same way that America celebrates Columbus Day. Is it wrong? No. It's simply how things are. That doesn't mean that you personally need to celebrate this day, because no one's frocing you to do so. It's simply saying that yes, the inventor of this day felt Columbus was a great man. That's not so bad, is it?

History mix.

So, instead of making another blog, for right now I'm using this one as my blog for history class. My personal blog will be written on livejournal now, until I convince my mom to pay for a subscription to deadjournal. Anyways, yeah, so this is my official history blog, and stuff.