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Scholar Heinz Tschachler discusses the cultural legacy of Christopher Columbus and its impact on his disappearance from coins and currency.

Columbus Day 2023: Columbus Day is celebrated in different parts of the United States with great joy and fervour. It is also popular as Indigenous Peoples Day in Latin America. The day celebrates Christopher Columbuss discovery of America.

By Heinz Tschachler .....   When in the early 1990s the United States was getting ready to commemorate the quincentennial of Christopher Columbus

The making of Columbus Day involved much glorification of the Italian explorer, including some historical inaccuracies. But Christopher Columbus also became the face of a celebration of Italian heritage, amid discrimination in the U.S.