The justification for unraveling the Italian patch on the American quilt is that we as a nation should not honor someone who was a military conqueror. If that’s the standard, we’re going to have to rewrite all history, as all of it has been made by empire.
The classic film, "The Godfather" opens with one Italian immigrant telling another "I believe in America," grateful for the opportunities that he could only find here. He’s staunchly patriotic about his adopted country, despite the adversities that have confronted his family here.
So noting the year — 400 years since Christopher Columbus landed in the Western Hemisphere — President Benjamin Harrison made a national declaration to honor Columbus, and by extension all other Italian immigrants. No, the hostility toward the holiday stems from the fact that the explorer Columbus himself was commissioned by the Spanish Empire of the day.
Columbus crossed the Atlantic eight times with nothing but wind and wood — who today has accomplished anything close to that?
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