Columbus Day is perhaps one of the lesser celebrated holidays in the United States today. While kids still get out of school for the day, most parents are still at work. If you do have a chance to celebrate this holiday in your family you will find there are few traditional menus. That doesn’t mean, though, that you can’t prepare… (more…)
It was just after midnight on October 12, 1492 that a 40-ish Christopher Columbus set foot in the America’s on behalf of Ferdinand and Isabella, the king and queen of Spain. On his way to the Indies, Columbus instead ran into the Bahaman island of San Salvador. Still, convinced he had indeed landed in the Indies, Columbus referred to the… (more…)
Right now, I am teaching about Columbus in my U.S. History Class. We are discussing the difference between the true story of Columbus (one filled with slavery, murder, and oppression) and the heroified version that he has often been presented as in both U.S. History and Latin American History overall. Columbus is somewhat of an extreme example; however, the problem… (more…)