We applaud the Trump White House for its resounding proclamation on the occasion of Columbus Day, a full-throated endorsement of the holiday and a “pledge to reclaim [Columbus’s] extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory.”
The White House correctly celebrates the noble courage, entrepreneurial ambition, religious zeal, and daring that impelled figures like Christopher Columbus to take on treacherous global journeys in the Age of Exploration. These early settlements ensured the triumph of Western civilization in the Western hemisphere, bringing the legacy of ancient Greece, Rome, and Jerusalem to the lands from Ivujivik, Quebec, to Tierra del Fuego, from Manhattan Island to the Aleutians.
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