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Columbus -- The Tragedy and the Enigma

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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Columbus as a National Symbol

After the american revolution, columbus was adopted as a national symbol. It's used to represent what is best and most inspiring about American life. But it has also been rejected as repugnant in the eyes of modern moralityriht. So we should remember thatcolumbus has served many different symbolic purposes. And this sort of controversy over columbus day,. ah, is very far removed from what we know and what we don't know about columbus himself wright.

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