Columbus Day

Columbus Day

October 12 is Columbus Day in the USA. (Monday the 14 th will be the official Federal government Holiday. Most schools will be unaffected. For your fun, education and entertainment we went hunting to grab a few websites for you. We will not guarantee the validity or historical accuracy, but expect you, the viewer, to use common sense and verify through your local library sources, if you want to use these sources for any real life purpose.

Today in History:

http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/oct12.html

A short history from the US Embassy in Stockholm

http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/Columbus.html

From surfnetkids some fun links, including "The Columbus letter" announcing his "discovery.":

http://www.surfnetkids.com/columbus.htm

For those of you who want to look at the conquest, subjugation and less lofty parts of the Columbus Discovery: be warned, that this is a rather negative approach and is not suitable for the gullible, or young readers who believe everything they read. We rate it as suitable for age 17 and above. At age 16 or below, just skip it!

http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/8533/columbus.html

You can even end a Columbus Day Card at 123 greetings:

http://www3.123greetings.com/events/columbus_day/