No Columbus Day Here

Columbus Day is celebrated in the US to celebrate the arrival of the explorer Christopher Columbus. It is celebrated every second Monday of October in the US. In Italy, the country is also celebrating this day, but every first Monday of November. Anyway, Christopher was born sometime in 1451 and set foot in the US, on October 12, 1492. Despite being born in Genoa, Republic of Genoa, his historical expedition was sponsored by Spain.

There is, however, a statue dedicated to Columbus in the city of Genoa, now part of Italy. There are not much of celebrations anymore around the path of the “discovery” as to a certain degree, it is now seen as a day that should not be memoralized, considering that colonization happened after.