What your plan for Columbus Day 3 days weekend ?

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I might to the Fall Haves Festival with my daughter and granddaughter if the weather is nice. New England weather can be so unpredictable .
 
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No 4 day weekend for most of us.

I'm taking Friday off to head to DC to ride trains with my friends.
 
It's only a 3-day weekend here, if it's a day off at all. I think the banks and mail delivery observe it but that's all. It's never been a 4-day holiday here.
 
I will be working lol, I work at a hotel. While everyone else gets a 3/4 day weekend, I get to make beds and scrub toilets

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In all the years I've worked I've never gotten Columbus Day off. I'm not sure if the schools are observing it or not.

But to answer... Nothing. Volunteer work for part of the day. Work on job hunt the rest. Nothing exciting.
 
I don't like to celebrate Columbus Day and hope here in New Mexico, someday, the government will have to change from Columbus Day to either Aboriginal Day or Indigenous Day.

Columbus and his men had done a lot of terrible things to our Native ancestors. We don't want to remember what Columbus had done to them. They should have turn their boats back to either Spain or sail over to India. They probably would have done the same thing over there than here. Columbus was not a hero and very ruthless man.

Why are explorers like Columbus abused and murdered native people who just happen to like living in the forests, even they were not modern like them? Columbus was barbaric and so are his crew. Also they are invaders into our country.

We are the caretakers of Mother Earth. Native ancestors cherished everything on Earth including water and animals. They never polluted. That is why we want to remain like that in the past and today. We call our country "Turtle Island".
 
No long weekend here... will be working on that day.
 
DeafDucky said:
In all the years I've worked I've never gotten Columbus Day off. I'm not sure if the schools are observing it or not.

But to answer... Nothing. Volunteer work for part of the day. Work on job hunt the rest. Nothing exciting.
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To answer your question, my school district and my son's school district doesnt observe it. However, the deaf school where my roommate and brother works at and the federal govt does. Lucky my roommate, brother, and hubby.


I so desperately need a long weekend. That wont happen until Thanksgiving.


My mom is flying in from AZ tonight so I will be spending the weekend with her and my brother's family. It will make my work week next week hell because if I go out and do activities on Friday night, Sat, and Sunday, I will be exhausted for the work week. Just this once and then rest rest on the following weekend.
 
Bebonang said:
I don't like to celebrate Columbus Day and hope here in New Mexico, someday, the government will have to change from Columbus Day to either Aboriginal Day or Indigenous Day.

Columbus and his men had done a lot of terrible things to our Native ancestors. We don't want to remember what Columbus had done to them. They should have turn their boats back to either Spain or sail over to India. They probably would have done the same thing over there than here. Columbus was not a hero and very ruthless man.

Why are explorers like Columbus abused and murdered native people who just happen to like living in the forests, even they were not modern like them? Columbus was barbaric and so are his crew. Also they are invaders into our country.

We are the caretakers of Mother Earth. Native ancestors cherished everything on Earth including water and animals. They never polluted. That is why we want to remain like that in the past and today. We call our country "Turtle Island".
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For the of life me I really don't know why we even celebrate Columbus Day ! I know what he did to Native American women but I really can't post that here.
 
Liberal are busy to critical on Columbus for horrible person.
 
Do Spain celebrate it..had no idea it was bank holiday
 
Didc olumbus even set foot in what is now called america?

I thought he just got as far as haiti, and the caribean?
 
dogmom said:
I agree with Bebonang-
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I also agree with her , I wish we would stop having Columbus Day and stop telling students a pack of lies about how wonderful he was . I remember that damn poem we had to remeber about him in grade school . What a waste of time that was !
 
DiscoverSouth America he brought chocolate back potatoes tomato him or others wipe out native West Indian natives.You got worse Roman Catholics followed by the Puritons.
if anything the Native amicans should get paid holiday
 
As for canada.....
The vikings landed here in the10 century.....in what is now newfoundland.
But they were driven out.....and did not remain.
A viking ship.was.found in.the southern.missisipii...
So we know they got around..
 
hoichi said:
As for canada.....
The vikings landed here in the10 century.....in what is now newfoundland.
But they were driven out.....and did not remain.
A viking ship.was.found in.the southern.missisipii...
So we know they got around..
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There are also Viking runes and artifacts found throughout the US... History is just being slow on updating the school books that yes Vikings were here before him...
 
I direct descendent from Viking so my Gran pappies rowed over did they..Some say legend. you really think got there
 
When I was kid, I read the book called "The Value of Curiosity". I imagine how funny i thought today.
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