Hear, hear. I'm not Italian but was married to one and have an Italian last name. Didn't Columbus sail under the Spanish flag, anyway?
In my years in Philadelphia I've seen the Columbus Day Parade shrink. It used to close all of South Broad Street. Now it's just down in South Philadelphia, which still has a number of Italian neighborhoods. It's as though it's become an Italian thing.
Which seems fine. In Minnesota they have a holiday called St. Urho's Day. It's not a legal holiday, but it kind of competes with St. Patrick's Day. It commemorates some Scandinavian guy, and not being Scandinavian I can't get too into it. It's not widely celebrated, anyway -- it's not like everybody runs out and eats lutefisk and drinks Aquavit on SUD.
I'm hearing a lot of Italians say that it's "their day" to celebrate their heritage.I want to say that if it were true, it would be "Italian" day, not Columbus Day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_UrhoApparently St. Urho's Day has something in common with International Talk Like a Pirate Day.
There is a separate festival for that here. It centers in and around our famous Italian Market.
Monday evening suddenly developed a bladder infection.End result was no work yesterday or today, but I will go back tomorrow, I'm feeling much better now.
Oh, ouch! Glad you're feeling better.