Let’s return to the genuine Columbus of the Italian immigrants and not to the fictional Columbus of the French revolutionaries and their flat Earth myth.
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Detail of Portrait of a Man, Said to Be Christopher Columbus (born about 1446, died 1506) by Sebastiano del Piombo, 1519
Metropolitan Musem of Art/Open Access
Donald Trump says that he wants to “bring Columbus Day back from the ashes.” But the question is, “Which Columbus?”
There have been two very different Christopher Columbus heroes in the American pantheon over the 250 years of our national history. Before the destruction of Columbus at the hands of the Marxists that began in the 1960s, there was already significant tension over the place of Columbus as an iconic American founder.
About the Author
Susan Hanssen is associate professor of History at the University of Dallas.
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Donald Trump says that he wants to “bring Columbus Day back from the ashes.” But the question is, “Which Columbus?”
There have been two very different Christopher Columbus heroes in the American pantheon over the 250 years of our national history. Before the destruction of Columbus at the hands of the Marxists that began in the 1960s, there was already significant tension over the place of Columbus as an iconic American founder.
About the Author
Susan Hanssen is associate professor of History at the University of Dallas.
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