Anakin Reese Conn- Assignment 7

October 10th is Columbus Day, the day Christopher Columbus reached the Americas, and is a national sub-holiday, meaning that you don't get a day off.  To some it is called Exploration Day as to give more attention to the land Columbus discovered, not the man himself.  Columbus Day is considered by most to be a good thing, as it is also considered by most to be the beginning of colonization in the Americas by Europe, which set in motion a chain of events that led up to the creation of the United States of America, and the current occupation of the rest of the Americas.

Columbus Day can also be considered a bad event by some groups, as some Native Americans see it as a condoning of mass genocide against their people, while some religious groups see it as offensive because Christopher is in the name of the holiday, a reference to Christianity.

If this event hadn't have happened, I don't really know if America would've been explored or not.  They could've assumed that Columbus' voyage had failed, and warned other countries to not try and find Asia in the west.  They could've also sent more people, or a different country could've sent an expedition, possibly setting up the United States of America to never exist, so without a doubt I wouldn't exist if this event hadn't have happened the way it did.  Columbus reaching the Americas on October 13th could've led to me never being born, so I can only assume that every part of history led to my creation in some way, so I'm grateful that America was discovered on October 10th, even though we can't get a day off.