Movement To Rename 'Columbus Day' To 'Indigenous People's Day' Gains Momentum

Meera Dolasia
Sat, 10 Oct 2015 15:04:13 -0700

On August 3rd, 1492 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, to seek out a western sea route to China and India. However, the explorer and his crew never made it to the gold and spice islands of Asia. Instead, about two months later, on October 12th, they landed on a small island in the modern-day Bahamas that Columbus claimed for Spain and named San Salvador.