Today is Columbus Day. A many people celebrate by not having school, HCS celebrates it by having school. I really think we have the right idea as to many people, celebrating Colubus Day would be like celebrating "Hitler Day"(which there isn't one, at least I hope there isn't).
Anyway, you can read up on the history of Columbus Day here!
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Hitler over Obama? Dude what planet are you from? Obama may not be a great president, but not everything that has gone wrong is his fault. Plus Hitler is responsible for the deaths of over 10 million people and you want him to be our leader over are current president. I gaurentee you the ten million people Hitler killed would be glad to have Obama as their leader. Be thankful you dont have a terrible man like Hitler as your leader.
I would be just fine if there wasn't any school today. Yes, Columbus did do some things that no one should be proud of, but I wouldn't be offended in celebrating his coming to America and helping to settle our country.
It is a government holiday, which means banks, post offices, etc are all closed. Most people don't look at him for the bad, but I have always known him as the man who discovered America. You know the saying "In fourteen hundred ninety two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue." I think there is more to it...but I can't recall it.