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Christopher Columbus Justin Aldridge October 26 2015 Should we be celebrating Columbus day? Yes or no? My answer would be yes! Because I like having days off of school. Also he helped establish the Caribbeans and South America and he found shorter routes to the Indies, because he was smart and knew the world was round, And not flat. Columbus is part of the reason why we are living in America, Although he didn't found it and he wasn't the first one here he still was a big part of America! Who was Columbus? Columbus was a Italian explorer who sailed for Spain. Columbus died at the age of 57 (1451-1506). He was from Italy but had went to the king and queen of Spain for ships and other things he needed to go to the new world. He was originally

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