Columbus was diefied for the sake of italian-american pride. Change Columbus day to “Italian-American day” and I bet they stop caring about him in less than 10 years.
Several of the victims were repeatedly shot and several others were hanged, their bodies grossly put on display in the aftermath. Eleven men were lynched while the rest of the people in the prison managed to hide or escape. None of the men who were lynched were found guilty of being involved in Hennessy’s murder.
…
The violent lynching strained international relations between the U.S. and Italian governments, with Italy removing their U.S. ambassador from Washington, D.C. To appease the Italian government and to gain the vote of Italian Americans, U.S. president Benjamin Harrison proclaimed the first nationally-recognized Columbus Day celebration to be a one-time celebration on Oct. 21, 1892.
Columbus was diefied for the sake of italian-american pride. Change Columbus day to “Italian-American day” and I bet they stop caring about him in less than 10 years.
there has to be another italian guy to deify in place of columbus
Columbo obviously
thats already a god
The good Colombo.
“Just one more thing.” That’s when you knew he got 'em.
Why not two?
Knew immediately who you were talking about before I clicked the link lol
Giuseppe Garibaldi, easy, and he is actually Italian unlike Columbus (Genoese is not Italian)
Sacco and Vanzetti are right there
Garibaldi would be a good choice too
St Sebastian. He’s not American but…
i’m sold
Chef Boyardee
they should. there’s a puerto rican day, there’s a dominican day, why not italian too?
Columbus Day was given to Italian Americans after 11 were lynched in a New Orleans Riot
…
There’s a pretty good movie about that
Is it The Godfather