In Latin America Columbus Day was variously marked as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) until recently, when several countries began embracing other approaches to marking a day that some see as a landmark for human exploration but many others view as the advent of human exploitation. Many states and cities do not recognise Columbus Day and have replaced celebrations recording the discovery of the Americas with Indigenous People’s Day festivities instead. However, while the Italian-American community’s adherence to Columbus Day remains strong, it has been widely shunned across the US following a groundswell of disaffection and widespread public shift towards commemorating indigenous history. Originally observed on 12 October, in 1971 Columbus Day was assigned to the second Monday of October. New York-based Italian-Americans held celebrations on 12 October, 1866, but it was not until 1937 that it became a federal holiday. WPXI OctoColumbus Day in the United StatesĬolumbus Day was first celebrated in the US in 1792 according to records, when the Tammany Society in New York and the Massachusetts Historical Society marked the 300th anniversary of Columbus’ landing in the Americas. Some five weeks later, the Italian adventurer would secure his place in history as he made arguably the most impactful step for humankind until Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon nearly five centuries later.Īn Italian heritage group is vowing to appeal a judge’s ruling that Pittsburgh officials can remove a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus from a city park. Sailing under the royal standards and with the patrimony (and funding) of the Catholic Monarchs Queen Isabella of Castile and King Ferdinand II of Aragón, Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera in Huelva and stopped at the Canary Islands before setting out into the vast expanse of the Atlantic from San Sebastián de La Gomera. He did, though, change the course of history. Although the 41-year-old had correctly surmised the world was a sphere and not flat, as a majority of scholars of the time insisted, he did not anticipate colliding with the Americas en route to the Far East. For Columbus, a Genoese seafarer and navigator seeking a shorter route to the spice-rich East Indies, it was a case of being in the wrong place at the right time. With new, iOS-specific features such as HD graphics and pinch-zooming, you can get in close to help you work your way through 135 scenes and solve more than 15 unique mini-games.On 12 October, 1492, the culmination of a three-month voyage took place when Christopher Columbus and crew members of his flagship La Santa María waded ashore on San Salvador Island in the Bahamas. With the help of a little Pixie, you'll need to explore the castle and unravel the curse in this best-selling hidden-object adventure game. Here's a game that has just as much effort put into production value and story telling as was put into creating a quality gameplay experience." - Upon arriving home from a trip to town, Princess Isabella discovers her family's castle in ruins and shrouded in darkness. "Princess Isabella's healthy variety of well-crafted puzzles and hidden object searches make for a challenging and creative fairy tale." - "Princess Isabella is amazing to say the least.
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