Video: Celebrating Columbus

Christopher Columbus, the most famous explorer in history, was once a celebrated hero. Now, many consider him a villain, a despoiler of paradise. So which version of Columbus is true? Michael Knowles answers this question and offers some much-needed historical perspective.

Watch the 5 minute video: Celebrating Columbus, produced by Prager U.

Oh, and happy Columbus Day! Join us in celebrating the arrival of Western Civilization to the Western Hemisphere.

What Sort of Man Was Columbus?, by Jared Taylor, American Renaissance, October 11, 2020.

In Defense of Columbus Day, by By Kevin A., American Thinker, October 12, 2020.

The Attacks on Christopher Columbus Expose the Crisis Within Western Civilization, by Robert Royal, Breitbart, 12 October 2020.

The Attacks on Christopher Columbus Expose the Crisis Within Western Civilization, by Robert Royal, October 12, 2020.

Book: Columbus and the Crisis of the West, by Robert Royal, 2020.

Biden Opts to Recognize Indigenous Peoples' Day Over Columbus Dau, Breitbart, October 13, 2020.

Columbus Day, by John Hinderaker, PowerLine, October 12, 2020.

Was Christopher Columbus an 'Islamophobe'?, by Raymond Ibrahim, FrontPage Mag, October 16, 2020.

Goodbye Columbus? It is only because of the principles enshrined in the Declaration of Independence that we even have a basis to criticize the actions of our forebears, by Mackubin Owens, American Greatness, 9 October 2022.

How Columbus Day Became a Holiday to Combat Racism Against Italian Americans, Breitbart, 10 October 2022.

Happy Columbus Day! How Spain Made the World a Smaller Place and Championed Human Rights in the Process, Breitbart, 12 October 2015.

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Columbus Day Resources at Counter-Currents

Columbus Day Coverage at VDare:

Five Columbus Day stories by the late Comanche writer, patriot, and friend of VDARE.com, David Yeagley:

• A Comanche Looks At Columbus
• An American Indian View of Immigration
• Columbus Day In Denver, Again
• Columbus Day - A Comanche's Philosophy
• Columbus Is Back in Denver!
• Thought For Columbus Day: Was Columbus An Indian? Are Asians Indians?

Stories by American non-Indians - or "white people," as we're known:

• 530 Years After 1492: On Columbus Day, Biden Is Still Going On About "Indigenous People's Day"
• Nature Is Healing: Whites In 70% Black Baltimore Rebuild Christopher Columbus Destroyed In George Floyd Riots Of 2020
• A Berkeley Reader Proposes Two Books As An Antidote To Anti-White Libels On Columbus Day
• On Columbus Day, Biden Wants To Replace The Historic American Nation. But It Made The World
• A Reader Says The Most Recent Target Of Iconoclasts Is The Great Columbus Fountain In DC
• What Sort Of Man Was Columbus? by Jared Taylor
• Reagan On Columbus: "Columbus Challenged The Unknown When He Sailed Westward In 1492"
• Italians Fight Back As NJ School Board Decides To Rename All Holidays As "Days Off" Because Of Columbus Day by Steve Sailer
• Columbus Statues Under Attack in Mexico City, Too
• Columbus Day: The Italian Mariner Versus The "Brutal Savages"
• In Waterville, Maine, Mayor Nick Isgro Proclaims Columbus Day, Not "Indigenous People's Day"
• Columbus Day And Whining About Captain Cook In New Zealand by John Derbyshire
• A Defense Of Columbus From Academia by James Kirkpatrick
• Hating Columbus And America: OU Student Government Removes Pledge of Allegiance From Student Government Session by Allan Wall
• Chinese vs. Indians: Columbus Will Have Been Right About Who Lives Here by Steve Sailer
• Tucker Carlson Considers Columbus Day's Falling Favor by Brenda Walker
• Columbus Day: Columbus Is Hated Like Brett Kavanaugh - Because He's A "White Male"
• Battle For Columbus Day - Part Of The War On Whites by James Kirkpatrick
• #ColumbusWasaHero Angers SALON, Because, Well, It's SALON by James Kirkpatrick
• Hello, Columbus! The Day When Hate Speech Is Okay
• Goodbye, Columbus - Hello, "Indigenous People's Day" by Pat Buchanan
• Now at University of New Mexico: "Indigenous Peoples' Resistance and Resilience Day" by James Kirkpatrick
• On Columbus Day, A Reminder That Germs Went Both Ways In 1492 by A. W. Morgan
• Teddy Roosevelt's Original Hyphenation—a speech delivered by TR on Columbus Day, 1915.
• Abolishing America (contd.): Thoughts On the Guilt Lobby On The Anniversary Of Columbus' Discovery by Neil Smith
• The Rise and Fall of Columbus Day by Steve Sailer
• Goodbye Columbus, And Goodbye America? Not So Fast!