Columbus Day 2022 – Facts, Celebrations & Controversy

In the US, October 12 is observed as Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus. the New World celebrates it on The second Monday in October, which falls on October 10, 2022, this year, is designated as Columbus Day.

Columbus was an Italian native, and throughout time, Italian Americans took up the cause of recognizing his accomplishments, even though King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain provided funding for his voyages.

The Culture of St. Tammany, or Columbian Order, remembered his arrival 300th anniversary in New York City in 1792, and its 400th anniversary was recognized nationally by the presidential announcement in 1892. Passing by the second half of the 9^th century Italian-Americans started celebrating it.

Although it became a national holiday by the presidential announcement in 1937 Parades were frequently Started to begin also showing Christopher Columbus’ ships, as well as open-air events and formalities, which came to be used to honor the occasion.

By the time of the holiday’s 500^th anniversary in 1992, it had become a forum for discussion of the European enslavement of American Indians. Most of the people objected and suggested celebrating indigenous peoples’ Day instead of  Columbus Day.

Columbus’ arrival also became a holiday in Spain and Italy. In many nations of America people who speak Spanish gave the name “The day of race” to this celebration of landing.

Many commentators believe that the festival should instead honor Latin America’s indigenous peoples and the culture they have built over the centuries, rather than Columbus’s arrival in the New World.

What was the beginning of Christopher Columbus?

Christopher Columbus was born in the harbor city of genoa in Italy, he was related to a wool weaver’s family. He started visiting the sea and earning experience as a youthful boy as a sailor.

Then, he relocated to Lisbon, Portugal, to seek assistance for a tour he had planned to discover fresh trade lanes to the Far East. He got funds from Ferdinand and Isabella At that time, who was Spain’s king and queen

What type of ships did Columbus use?

Three ships were launched by Columbus in 1492 from the Spanish port of Palos. Two of the ships were caravels, or little craft with triangle sails: the ‘Nina” and the “Pinta”.

The Santa Maria, a nao (a larger square-rigged ship), was the third one. The ships were small, ranging in length from 15 to 36 meters. They each carried roughly 90 people on them.