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Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery

Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery. Columbus Day. When is that, again???. Columbus Day. And WHY???. History is Written by the Winner. Photo by davespilbrow. historiography. The Writing of History. Photo by athena. World Expo. Chicago, 1893. AMERICA Has Arrived!!!. Cool!!!.

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Columbus and the Legacy of Discovery

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  1. Columbusand the Legacy of Discovery

  2. Columbus Day When is that, again???

  3. Columbus Day And WHY???

  4. History is Written by the Winner Photo by davespilbrow

  5. historiography The Writingof History Photo by athena

  6. World Expo Chicago, 1893 AMERICA Has Arrived!!!

  7. Cool!!!

  8. WOW!!! Even Cooler!!!

  9. Whatshould we call it? Photo byFabianaZonca

  10. The “Columbian Exposition”

  11. THX

  12. Columbus Day So how did come about???

  13. Knights of Columbus Catholic fraternal service organization

  14. Italian Immigrants Circa 1900

  15. Nativism

  16. I’m BIG in New York

  17. Columbus Day Parade Photo by NYCMarines

  18. Italian Photo by istolethetv

  19. American Photo by NYCMarines

  20. FDR Proclaimed Columbus Day in 1934.

  21. New Deal Coalition Urban “Machines” • Ethnic Minorities • Catholics & Jews • Labor Unions White Southerners FDR

  22. You mean it was all about politics?

  23. Uh... Yeah.

  24. As a former governor of New York, FDR wanted to thank the ethnic voters who had supported his candidacy. GOVERNOR Map by André Koehne

  25. revisionism by Jeff Frankenhauser

  26. Interpretations of history change over time. by Jeff Frankenhauser

  27. progress The way we used to see it. John Gast, American Progress (1872)

  28. Visionary? Photographed by ClarkSui

  29. Or VILLAIN?

  30. The Nina The Pinta The Santa Maria The noose and the rapist The fields overseer The agents of orange The priests of HiroshimaThe cost of my desire .Sleep now in the fire! Rage Against the Machine “Sleep Now in the Fire” The Battle for Los Angeles Listen on YouTube Photo by Stephen Mcleod

  31. Burn in HELL RATM to Columbus: Photo by Viktoriya Malova

  32. Americans have done some terrible things.

  33. Some on Purpose

  34. Some by Accident

  35. Some because we were left with no other choice...

  36. Was this one of them?

  37. Some people think so.

  38. Is this even about me?

  39. It’s about the valuesColumbusrepresents.

  40. Christianity & Capitalism

  41. Socialism Photo by Stephen Mcleod

  42. John Gast, American Progress (1872)

  43. Extinguished

  44. Exploitation A European Import?

  45. Aztec Human Sacrifice Human sacrifice as shown in the Codex Magliabechiano

  46. Anyone can be judged.

  47. The Columbian Exchange A PERMANENT trade relationship between Europe and the Americas

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