Word: columbus
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This is especially true in the Boston area, says Joseph S. Keohane, chief marshal and manager of this Sunday's Columbus Day Parade...
...East Coast, the Portuguese and the Italians settled here and they laid claim to him," Keohane says. "Columbus Day is a tradition in the Boston area. There's even a rivalry between the Portuguese and the Italians about whose holiday...
However, all this began to change during the 1960's, Lively says. "Instead of [Columbus as] this great hero, the 60s made us more sensitive to other points of view. There became [greater] awareness of minorities...
...Columbus Day has become slightly contentious," Lively says. "Should we consider Columbus a hero when he was the one who, some would say, began the demise of the Native American population...
This dilemma has led to a shift away from traditional Columbus Day celebrations in recent years and a greater focus upon the experiences of Native Americans...