Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery Columbus Day
Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery
Columbus Day ? ? ? n i a g a , t a h t s i When
History is Written by the Winner Photo by davespilbrow
World Expo Chicago, 1893 AMERICA Has Arrived!!!
Cool!!!
WOW!!! Even Cooler!!!
What should we call it? Photo by Fabiana Zonca
The “Columbian Exposition”
So how did Columbus Day come about? ? ?
Italian Immigrants Circa 1900
I’m BIG in New York
Columbus Day Parade Photo by NYCMarines
FDR Proclaimed Columbus Day in 1934.
New Deal Coalition Urban “Machines” 1. 2. 3. Ethnic Minorities Catholics & Jews Labor Unions White Southerners FDR
You mean it was all about politics?
Uh. . . Yeah.
GOVERNOR As a former governor of New York, FDR wanted to thank the ethnic voters who had supported his candidacy. Map by André Koehne
Interpretations of history change over time. by Jeff Frankenhauser
progress The way we used to see it. John Gast, American Progress (1872)
Visionary? Photographed by Clark. Sui
Or VILLAIN?
The Nina The Pinta The Santa Maria The noose and the rapist The fields overseer The agents of orange The priests of Hiroshima The cost of my desire. Sleep now in the fire! Rage Against the Machine “Sleep Now in the Fire” Photo by Stephen Mcleod
Americans have done some terrible things.
Some on Purpose
Some by Accident
Some because we were left with no other choice. . .
Was this one of them?
Some people think so.
It’s about the values Columbus represents. Is this even about me?
Christianity & Capitalism
Extinguished
Exploitation A European Import?
Aztec Human Sacrifice Human sacrifice as shown in the Codex Magliabechiano
The Columbian Exchange A PERMANENT trade relationship between Europe and the Americas
C R O P S
Animals Photo by Yathin S Krishnappa Photo by Dana Boomer
bubonic plague chicken pox common cold influenza leprosy malaria measles smallpox typhoid Old World typhus Diseases
Diseases bejel Chagas disease pinta Syphilis New World
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