Today we celebrate Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the Italian who “sailed the ocean blue” and landed in the New World on October twelfth, fourteen-ninety-two. Yet, every year in Wisconsin, Governor Evers insists on distorting history and renaming the day “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” due to a recent politically correct trend that portrays explorers like Christopher Columbus as evil colonizers.
Many false revisionist narratives surround Christopher Columbus, but we know the truth: Columbus was responsible for freeing scores of slaves who were oppressed by cannibals and sought to introduce the natives to Christ. Columbus is one of history’s greatest navigators and explorers, and we should recognize him for that and be sure the next generation knows the truth.
