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Christopher Columbus didn't DO anything! He DID NOT discover America! Its should be Rosa Parks day BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING!!!!!!! Does anyone know any websites that I could go research that kind of stuff? To proove that he didn't do anything and that it should be Rosa Parks day?!!??!!!
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One can find a website to "prove" just about anything. Ever heard of Dihydrogen Monoxide?
http://www.dhmo.org/
If you really want some impressive research regarding Christopher Columbus and/or Rosa Parks, you're going to have to get up and go to an actual library, check out some authoritative books, and do some reading. You need references which don't end in "dot-com". Be aware that you're facing an uphill fight if you're actually going to try to convince the federal government to change the holiday, and you might want to have a plan for how you actually intend to do it. For instance, will you be addressing the joint houses of Congress yourself, or do you have a committee to do it?
In any event, it may interest you to know that Columbus did, in fact, make a very significant discovery: he was the first to determine that the North Magnetic Pole, as indicated by the compass, does not coincide with the North Geographic Pole, which is the axis about which the Earth rotates. This was a vital piece of information for the science of navigation, but since it doesn't sound as cool as "discovered America", no one remembers him for it.
Furthermore, I would argue that anyone who was willing to board a fragile wooden ship back in the late 1400s and sail into virtually unknown waters was, in fact, "doing something". It was a courageous and noteworthy deed, even if he wasn't the true discoverer of a new land, and even if he treated the natives of that land despicably.
As for Rosa Parks, I will never say a word against her or her own courage, and she certainly deserves to be commemorated. I submit that she deserves better than a bank holiday that's more of an excuse to have furniture sales than anything else.
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