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QUARATIELLO: Public Libraries Ignore Columbus

October 17, 2025October 13, 2025 Arlene Quaratiello

In July 2024, Governor Chris Sununu signed House Bill 1014 which requires towns to recognize Columbus Day and not replace it with the woke faux-holiday celebrating indigenous people. Public libraries are generally closed on Columbus Day, so as with all holidays celebrated with a day off for staff, signs are placed prominently at entrances and … Read more

Bananas: Town Proposes Authentic Columbo-Indigenous People’s Day

October 15, 2024 Johnny Bananas (Fake News Reporter!)

The debate over whether to celebrate Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day has reached a fever pitch as adherents to both are proposing one over the other. However the Town of Hartford has put forward a solution that attempts to satisfy everyone. After researching the customs of South, Meso and North Americans peoples members from … Read more

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A Different Take on a School Board That Voted to Hold Classes on Veterans Day and Columbus Day

January 31, 2024 Steve MacDonald

A curious thing has happened in Stamford, Connecticut. The school board has voted 5-3 to make teachers who hate Columbus Day and Veterans Day but were getting paid to sit on their asses – work both days. The school will be open, and regular classes will commence.

Kensington & SAU 16 – The Law of Unintended Consequences

November 12, 2024October 12, 2023 Al Brandano

On Oct 5, 2023, while driving by the Kensington School marquee, I noticed one side of the public-paid-for-sign that said, “Indigenous Peoples Day No School Oct 9.” The other side of the public-paid-for-sign said, “Teacher in Service No School Oct 6.”

Note to Dems: ‘Liberty’ is “Indigenous” to NH and America

January 13, 2023 Steve MacDonald

This week, another piece of legislation was introduced in Committee to end Columbus Day. To make it indigenous people’s day (NH HB 180). In honor of, you guessed it, indigenous people who, as it turns out, are people whose ancestors were born here before yours.

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Annie McLane-Kuster Hates Italians

October 16, 2022 Ed Mosca

So on Columbus Day, Annie McLane-Custer made it a point to commemorate “Indigenous People’s Day,” and to ignore Columbus Day:

Kamala Thinks The World Would Be Better Off If America Had Never Existed

October 16, 2021October 16, 2021 Ed Mosca

Kamala is absolutely correct that the European colonizers of America “ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations — perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease”:

There Is No Room for Italians in ‘Indigenous’ Peoples’ Day

October 9, 2021 Op-Ed

So, now we learn that Boston’s Acting Mayor Kim Janey has sparked howls of anger when she unilaterally whacked Columbus Day, replacing it with the politically correct “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.”

Acting Mayor of Boston Fulfills KKK Agenda to Eliminate Columbus Day

October 8, 2021 Ann Marie Banfield

According to the Boston news: “Boston officially recognizes Indigenous Peoples Day, replacing Columbus Day after Kim Janey signed executive order.”

Exposing The “Indigenous People” in North America Lie … (Again!)

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Columbus Day is only six weeks away and some folks will want to call it indigenous people’s day. But we have demonstrated on these pages repeatedly that 1) North America had no indigenous people and 2) those that came here frequently displaced others long before Columbus and long after.

#Woke School Board Votes 8-0 to Change Every Holiday Name on The District Calendar to “Day Off”

June 16, 2021 Steve MacDonald

You want to be like the other #woke School Boards, but the people who elected you aren’t having it. They get insulted when you change Columbus Day to “Indigenous People’s Day.” They don’t like it. They storm the meetings. What’s a #woke school board to do?

#Woke NH City Council Rejects the Idea of Recognizing “Indigenous People’s Day”

June 9, 2021 Steve MacDonald

Regular readers will be familiar with this topic. #Woke progressives and their water carriers pining to remake Columbus Day into Indigenous people’s day. They’re obsessed. But North America doesn’t have any indigenous people. Not the way they argue it.

If it’s Indigenous Day and You Were Born Here, Celebrate Yourself! – You’re Indigenous Too!

October 12, 2020October 12, 2020 Steve MacDonald

Another Columbus day, and you know what this means? Another round of Anti-Colonialist vs. Indigenous people’s day banter. And as usual, I am here to gum up the works. Put the monkey in the wrench. Sabotage the narrative.

Fosters Poll: “Do you support the switch to Indigenous Peoples’ Day?”

October 3, 2020 Skip

Note that the headline, “Do You Support the Switch to Indigenous Peoples’ Day?,” doesn’t mention “from what?” You have to get down into the article before you realize this is just another attempt to “nudge the news” away from the traditional American heritage and history of Columbus Day.

Rage Against the Culture Wars

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Norm Silber

In case you haven’t noticed, we are living in an age in which the Political Correctness police wage an almost constant battle against traditional American values, culture and traditions.

Teacher Wears ‘Columbus was a Murderer’ Shirt to Spark Debate in Her 5th Grade Class

October 16, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Need a conversation starter with ten-year-olds? Wear a ‘Columbus was a Murderer‘ Shirt to class. No, a student didn’t wear one; that was their teacher. Emma Howland-Bolton claims she wore the sweatshirt on Columbus Day to ‘spark discussion.’ It Worked!

It’s Not Columbus or Indigenous People’s Day – It’s “Squatter’s” Day

October 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Depending on where you are in America, it is either Columbus Day or Indigenous People’s Day. Neither is an accurate statement of reality. Columbus ‘discovered’ an Island. And North America had no indigenous people. A more proper name for today is squatter’s day.

Liz Warren Comes to NH – Says Ditch Columbus Day

January 14, 2019 Steve MacDonald

Elizabeth Warren dropped in on New Hampshire to take the temperature. She needs to know if she has a reasonable chance of doing well in the first official primary. To do well, she needs to ingratiate herself to the left’s virtue signaling horde — no stretch for the Harvard professor and liberal Senator. So when the … Read more

On Past Observations about The Idea Of Forcing Us to Call It “Indigenous People’s Day”

October 8, 2018 Steve MacDonald

The Left is an endless font. A re-gift that keeps on re-giving. And Indigenous People’s Day is no exception. (that’s Columbus Day to the rest of us). And seeing as that day is today, and the Left is still working their confidence scam, I thought it appropriate to share some excerpts from past efforts to make fun … Read more