Debate over replacing Columbus Day with New Hampshire’s Indigenous Peoples Day returned to the state capitol on Wednesday. And he certainly didn’t come to the United States, said State Rep. Tim Horrigan, D-Durham. “The closest he came was to the Bahamas.” However, Columbus Day was culturally popularized by many Italian Americans who adapted the holiday and Columbus into a sort of shield against anti-immigrant prejudice in the late 1800s. Sacred. For short, big-nosed, dark-skinned Caucasians with greasy dark curly hair, papists, garlic eaters, etc., who do not belong to this nation and need to return to where they came from. ‘ said Rep. Peter. Petrinho, D- Milford. Those calling for change said they could recognize Italy’s heritage without using colonial figures like Columbus. “The Italian community is having a bit of trouble understanding what they are trying to celebrate. The bill is considered unlikely to pass, but activists point to a victory at the local level, “I’m going to keep coming back and asking for this,” said Dennis Puriot of the Kowasak Band of the Penacook Abenaki People. No problem, I will be back next year and I will ask for the same.”
Debate over replacing Columbus Day in New Hampshire with Indigenous Peoples Day returned to the state capitol on Wednesday.
Supporters of the bill called Christopher Columbus a brutal man with nothing to do with the United States.
“And he certainly never came to the United States,” said Rep. Tim Horrigan, D-Durham. “The closest he got was the Bahamas.”
However, Columbus Day is culturally sanctified by many Italian Americans, who adopted the holiday and Columbus as a sort of shield against anti-immigrant prejudice in the late 1800s.
“Italians are short, big-nosed, dark-skinned whites with sticky black curly hair, papists, garlic eaters, people who don’t belong to this country and need to go back to where they came from, etc. It was called,” said MP Peter Petrigno, D-Milford.
Those calling for change said that even without using colonial figures like Columbus, Italy’s heritage is still recognizable.
“Indigenous people want to celebrate and remember their resistance,” said Sebastian Fuentes of Rights & Democracy NH. I have.”
The bill is considered unlikely to pass, but activists say they are not giving up after winning at the local level.
Denise Pouliot of the Pennacook-Abenaki People’s Cowasuck Band said: She said, “It doesn’t matter how many times you vote against it. I will be back next year and I will ask for the same.”
