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Columbus Day was instituted in the U.S. in 1937 and was staple American holiday for decades. After years of pressure for historians and Native Americans, it was President Biden that declared a simultaneous holiday — Indigenous Peoples' Day. This year, Trump "brought back" Columbus Day in honor of "the first American hero." (Ann Ronan Pictures / Print Collector / Getty Images)

Trump reinstates Columbus Day again

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Columbus Day is giving people pause

Malinda Maynor Lowery - The Conversation

Olin Tezcatlipoca from the Mexica Movement speaks to demonstrators in front of a statue of Christopher Columbus during a protest against Columbus Day in Grand Park, Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2015. The Mexica Movement is amongst a growing group of people and US cities that want change the name of the 'Columbus Day' holiday to 'Indigenous Peoples Day. (MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images)

The truth about Columbus Day, explained

Christopher Columbus Monument in Baltimore, Maryland (AP)

Christopher Columbus in the New World

Peter C. Mancall - The Conversation

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Indigenous People's Day - The Daily Wire (YouTube/The Daily Wire)

Daily Wire's racist Columbus Day cartoon

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O'Reilly accidentally debunks Columbus

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How Columbus became a national symbol

William Francis Keegan - The Conversation

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Columbus Day is not a day of hope

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Ta'Sina Sapa Win of South Dakota's Cheyenne River Reservation chants in front of police during a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline outside Saint Anthony, North Dakota, October 5, 2016. (Reuters/Terray Sylvester)

It's 1492 all over again

Boys dressed as Christopher Columbus march in the annual Columbus Day Parade in New York City on Oct. 8, 2012 (Reuters/Keith Bedford)

"Most massive act of genocide"

A Columbus Day protest in Los Angeles. (Kevork Djansezian/Reuters)

Goodbye, Columbus Day

Rush Limbaugh and Donald Trump

Nauseating Columbus Day hate

Amanda Marcotte

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#ColumbusWasAHero?

Scott Eric Kaufman

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Everybody, hate Chris!

(Reuters/Keith Bedford)

Columbus gets his comeuppance

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