Persuasive Speech Columbus Day

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Columbus Day Persuasive Essay You look forward to that Monday every October. It’s an extra day to sleep, finish homework or just a day off from work. But when we’re off from work are we ignoring what really happened when Columbus sailed the ocean blue? In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, we all know the story. He tried to sail to the West Indies but by a mistake he landed in modern day Haiti. The U.S. should not continue to celebrate Columbus Day. We aren’t celebrating a man who discovered a new world, but a man who enslaved and killed a myriad of Natives. We, as a country and as an Earth, celebrate a lot holidays each year. They all have inspiring and beautiful stories behind them, and Columbus day seems to be among them. What we’re

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