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...issue is especially charged in Cambridge, which contains many African-Americans and Afro-Caribbean immigrants as well as Italian-Americans, for whom Columbus has traditionally been a hero...
Within the last few years, "decelebration" efforts have reached the mainstream in Cambridge. Nationally, this year's quincentennial has been marked by prominent protests by Blacks and Native Americans who contest the traditional image of Columbus as a heroic discoverer...
...Martin Luther King is a role model, Joe DiMaggio is a role model, Frank Viola is a role model and Christopher Columbus is a role model in the eyes and in the minds of young Italian Americans," Vellucci says. "Nobody should try to change that...
Joseph V. Ferino, who volunteers for the state's Quincentennial Commission, agrees that some of the "decelebration" of the holiday is unnecessary. He says Columbus Day marks "the birthday of America...an epic event" in history...
Ferino feels that Columbus' journey should be celebrated as a meeting of peoples. "The civilizations and cultures that were found here made contributions," he says. "All groups benefited from it...it was an exchange...