Goodbye, Columbus By BRIAN T. ALLEN February 2, 2019 5:30 AM Visitors pass the mural titled Columbus Coming Ashore at the University of Notre Dame. (University of Notre Dame) The Notre Dame murals are not a hill to die on, but where does the war on art stop?Ihappened to be in South Bend, Ind., a couple of days...
CONCORD, N.H. — Watch the video here: https://www.wmur.com/article/move-to-change-name-of-columbus-day-stalls-in-committee/26417319 New Hampshire will not change the name of Columbus Day after a bill to rename it Indigenous Peoples Day didn’t make it out of committee. A House committee voted to retain the bill Tuesday, meaning it will remain in committee until next year. Advocates said the...
Star editorial: Columbus … a tarnished luster: Why? From the Winchester Star | January 29, 2019 https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/star-editorial-columbus-a-tarnished-luster-why/article_8741d81f-7844-59b1-8804-63d2de7f0d0d.html For Italian Americans and Catholics of all ethnic stripes of a certain age, Christopher Columbus was as much a part of their daily lives as fish on Fridays. Well, almost. Still, Catholic schoolkids across America celebrated Columbus Day...