National Explorers Day
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United States of America
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While all American school children are taught that Christopher Columbusdiscovered the New World, few are aware that not only the Viking Age explorers are proven to have made it to North America, but, that, possibly, many other explorers, traders, and colonists may have also visited our shores in truly ancient times. Even fewer are aware that Columbus never reached the mainland. Historical, epigraphical, genetic, cartographic, and archeological evidence accumulated over the past century of so indicates there may have been numerous ancient cultures that crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to visit the Americas. Columbus was not first, just the first to be recognized.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This petition proposes to change the name of the holiday to one that all can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Please consider adding your voice to this plea.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This petition proposes to change the name of the holiday to one that all can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Please consider adding your voice to this plea.
While all American school children are taught that Christopher Columbusdiscovered the New World, few are aware that not only the Viking Age explorers are proven to have made it to North America, but, that, possibly, many other explorers, traders, and colonists may have also visited our shores in truly ancient times. Even fewer are aware that Columbus never reached the mainland. Historical, epigraphical, genetic, cartographic, and archeological evidence accumulated over the past century of so indicates there may have been numerous ancient cultures that crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to visit the Americas. Columbus was not first, just the first to be recognized.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This petition proposes to change the name of the holiday to one that all can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Please consider adding your voice to this plea.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This petition proposes to change the name of the holiday to one that all can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Please consider adding your voice to this plea.
We the undersigned hereby request that the Members of the Congress of the United States of America act to consolidate and combine the proclaimed day of recognition for Leif Eriksen, October ninth, and the Federal holiday known as "Columbus Day", the second Monday in October, and to rename the combined day of recognition "National Explorers Day", and, further, to retain the latter date for the combined holiday.
While all school children in the United States of America are taught that Christopher Columbusdiscovered the New World, few are aware that not only the Viking Age explorers are proven to have made it to North America, but, that, possibly, many other explorers, traders, and colonists may have also visited our shores in truly ancient times. Even fewer are aware that Columbus never reached the mainland. Historical, epigraphical, genetic, cartographical, and archeological evidence accumulated over the past century of so indicates there may have been numerous ancient cultures that crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to visit the Americas. Columbus was not first, just the first to be recognized.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This National Explorers Day petition requests of you, the Members of the Congress of the United States of America to change the name of the holiday to one that all Americans can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. We ask respectfully that you act on it.
While all school children in the United States of America are taught that Christopher Columbusdiscovered the New World, few are aware that not only the Viking Age explorers are proven to have made it to North America, but, that, possibly, many other explorers, traders, and colonists may have also visited our shores in truly ancient times. Even fewer are aware that Columbus never reached the mainland. Historical, epigraphical, genetic, cartographical, and archeological evidence accumulated over the past century of so indicates there may have been numerous ancient cultures that crossed the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to visit the Americas. Columbus was not first, just the first to be recognized.
Many Native Americans protest the celebration of Columbus Day and many States and municipalities either do not recognize it as a legal holiday or celebrate the date under a different name and with different ideas or reasons.
This National Explorers Day petition requests of you, the Members of the Congress of the United States of America to change the name of the holiday to one that all Americans can support and celebrate: Explorers Day. Many people, not only in our history, but also living and working today deserve recognition for their explorations into areas of study that either once did or continue to enlighten mankind.
Those who believe that Columbus deserves celebration may still celebrate his great accomplishment as a navigator. Those who feel Meriwether Lewis and William Clark deserve recognition for their exploration of the American west can do so. Those who believe that Watson and Crick should be recognized for their revolution in genetics may celebrate them. Those who think Chief Joseph or Squanto deserve celebration may do so. All who explore new areas of study and thus contribute to the expansion of mankind's knowledge and peaceful coexistence deserve recognition, not just the most famous navigator.
Thank you for taking the time to read this letter. We ask respectfully that you act on it.
We signed the "National Explorers Day" petition!
# 44:
4:00 pm PST, Dec 8,
Silvia Melo, Portugal
# 43:
5:45 pm PST, Nov 24,
James Riggs, Massachusetts
I to agree that Columbus was the first to land on Americas, he made the wrong turn and thought he was going to India not what we know as the USA today. I see this day as a day of crying not for Columbus but for the Native Americans who lost there lives during this time.
I to agree that Columbus was the first to land on Americas, he made the wrong turn and thought he was going to India not what we know as the USA today. I see this day as a day of crying not for Columbus but for the Native Americans who lost there lives during this time.
# 42:
3:03 pm PST, Nov 24,
Carol Atkinson, Wisconsin
We need to teach the children and re-educate the adults who believe in this Columbus Fairy Tale. our Children need to be taught Truth and be encouraged to question and expand their Knowledge and Wisdom to pass on to their Children. I hope many respond to this and sign
We need to teach the children and re-educate the adults who believe in this Columbus Fairy Tale. our Children need to be taught Truth and be encouraged to question and expand their Knowledge and Wisdom to pass on to their Children. I hope many respond to this and sign
I do...how about you?
# 41:
1:56 pm PST, Nov 24,
Atonyut kaye An Oneida, Wisconsin
It has been a long time with out the facts know, our people have always been here,Columbus getting credit would be the same as me going to Washington and discovering it in the name of the Oneida people, simply preposterous
It has been a long time with out the facts know, our people have always been here,Columbus getting credit would be the same as me going to Washington and discovering it in the name of the Oneida people, simply preposterous
# 40:
2:41 pm PST, Nov 2,
Elizabeth Haas, Wisconsin
# 39:
12:19 pm PST, Nov 1,
Hiram Belding IV, California
Were we to honor all of these brave people we would be pulling history together for those who would hear about these people.
Were we to honor all of these brave people we would be pulling history together for those who would hear about these people.
# 38:
9:49 am PST, Nov 1,
Joy Pennington, Kentucky
# 37:
9:40 am PST, Nov 1,
Terry Kendall, Indiana
# 36:
9:51 am PDT, Oct 31,
Stephen C. Jett, Virginia
# 35:
9:31 am PDT, Oct 31,
Raymond Snow, South Carolina
# 34:
8:03 am PDT, Oct 31,
Anne Lee, Wisconsin
# 33:
8:19 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Marian Seagren Hall, Wisconsin
Furthermore, how can someone discover a place that is already inhabited? It is time that we teach the facts for the good of all peoples.
Furthermore, how can someone discover a place that is already inhabited? It is time that we teach the facts for the good of all peoples.
# 32:
7:35 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Stanford Schacht, Wisconsin
Other explorers were involved in finding the New World, and they deserve to be recognized, too.
Other explorers were involved in finding the New World, and they deserve to be recognized, too.
# 31:
4:58 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Sue-Ellen Koetter, Indiana
History needs to be re-written. There is so much evidence of exploration before Columbus.
History needs to be re-written. There is so much evidence of exploration before Columbus.
# 30:
2:22 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Joe Sitting Owl White, Tennessee
It is ABOUT TIME!!!!
It is ABOUT TIME!!!!
Ancient Israelites Discovered America from the EAST FIRST, 2300B.C.
# 29:
12:32 pm PDT, Oct 30,
Martin Carriere, Canada
Special Acclaim should also go to David Thompson whose maps of the Rockies were used by Lewis and Clark when they got lost.
Special Acclaim should also go to David Thompson whose maps of the Rockies were used by Lewis and Clark when they got lost.
# 28:
9:16 am PDT, Oct 30,
Lee Pennington, Kentucky
Explorers Day much better fits the situation. After all, there were people here when Columbus sailed and made contact with the islands. Don't those people already here count?
Explorers Day much better fits the situation. After all, there were people here when Columbus sailed and made contact with the islands. Don't those people already here count?
# 27:
9:16 am PDT, Oct 30,
Lee Pennington, Kentucky
Explorers Day much better fits the situation. After all, there were people here when Columbus sailed and made contact with the islands. Don't those people already here count?
Explorers Day much better fits the situation. After all, there were people here when Columbus sailed and made contact with the islands. Don't those people already here count?
# 26:
4:56 pm PDT, Oct 29,
Kathy Jacobs, Michigan
# 25:
8:18 pm PDT, Oct 23,
Tristan Lestat, Alabama
# 24:
8:35 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Judi Rudebusch, South Dakota
We need, if only for our future generations of children, to correct the name of this day. Our country is so rich in its history. To have a day designated for one man, a man who did not step in the actual confines of the continental US- is wrong. We stand up, here, to ask for a renaming. The diverseness of the people who came here so very much earlier- they, too should be acknowledged.
We need, if only for our future generations of children, to correct the name of this day. Our country is so rich in its history. To have a day designated for one man, a man who did not step in the actual confines of the continental US- is wrong. We stand up, here, to ask for a renaming. The diverseness of the people who came here so very much earlier- they, too should be acknowledged.
# 23:
5:59 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Walter Cruttenden, California
A better understanding of our rich and beautiful history has many benefits. Studies show that people that suffer from memory loss (from trauma or disease) are unable to plan for the future and therefore function poorly in the present. So it is with a culture. When we can truly understand our history and our roots we will have a clearer future and more productive present. Please honor all of our great explorers and foster a deeper wisdom among our young by changing Columbus Day to Explorers Day.
A better understanding of our rich and beautiful history has many benefits. Studies show that people that suffer from memory loss (from trauma or disease) are unable to plan for the future and therefore function poorly in the present. So it is with a culture. When we can truly understand our history and our roots we will have a clearer future and more productive present. Please honor all of our great explorers and foster a deeper wisdom among our young by changing Columbus Day to Explorers Day.
# 22:
5:15 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Michael Thrasher, Canada
Making it on the same date as "Aboriginal Day" in Canada may START to bring to bear the issue of correcting the term "Discovery". It would seem that the Original Peoples of the "Americas" seem to still be suffering under the concept of "needing to be discovered' by the European "explorer" even in the twenty first century. EVERYONE on the planet learned from each other when they came in contact - that "trade" was done in every concievable endeavor and manner. It is unfortunete that a good deal of history recods that "contact" as a "conflict" - military might or Emoire building is not the end of "Learning" - something we might well be advised to re-examine today. What great treasures of knowledge have been hidden / forgotten / lost or destroyed by war and overzealious religions is now a question for a global humanity to ask, as we seach amongst the rubble of history for the truth.
Making it on the same date as "Aboriginal Day" in Canada may START to bring to bear the issue of correcting the term "Discovery". It would seem that the Original Peoples of the "Americas" seem to still be suffering under the concept of "needing to be discovered' by the European "explorer" even in the twenty first century. EVERYONE on the planet learned from each other when they came in contact - that "trade" was done in every concievable endeavor and manner. It is unfortunete that a good deal of history recods that "contact" as a "conflict" - military might or Emoire building is not the end of "Learning" - something we might well be advised to re-examine today. What great treasures of knowledge have been hidden / forgotten / lost or destroyed by war and overzealious religions is now a question for a global humanity to ask, as we seach amongst the rubble of history for the truth.
# 21:
1:26 pm PDT, Oct 15,
Mary Susan English, Wisconsin
# 20:
9:12 pm PDT, Oct 12,
Alan Haggard, California
# 19:
12:48 pm PDT, Oct 11,
Iain Laird, United Kingdom
We all know the rhyme "In Fourteen Hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue", and all that follows from that. In 1992, on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus voyage a Native American response in a song was "Columbus didn't discover America, it wasn't lost, it was always there." Our view of the Continent called America is very Eurocentric. We talk of the New World, but it was only "New" to Europeans. We do not now know what it was called before because we have replaced most of the original names, used by the "Native Americans" (even that term is incorrect, but better than "Indian" which followed from Columbus not actually knowing where he had arrived). They have always told a different story and it has been neglected too long. DNA testing is starting to show that there are ancient links across the oceans, and archaeology is dispelling long held historical "fact".
We all know the rhyme "In Fourteen Hundred and ninety two, Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue", and all that follows from that. In 1992, on the 500th Anniversary of Columbus voyage a Native American response in a song was "Columbus didn't discover America, it wasn't lost, it was always there." Our view of the Continent called America is very Eurocentric. We talk of the New World, but it was only "New" to Europeans. We do not now know what it was called before because we have replaced most of the original names, used by the "Native Americans" (even that term is incorrect, but better than "Indian" which followed from Columbus not actually knowing where he had arrived). They have always told a different story and it has been neglected too long. DNA testing is starting to show that there are ancient links across the oceans, and archaeology is dispelling long held historical "fact".
# 17:
3:04 pm PDT, Oct 10,
Becky Le compte, Texas
# 16:
2:31 pm PDT, Oct 10,
Lois Rougeau, Canada
# 15:
1:30 pm PDT, Oct 10,
Carol White, Massachusetts
# 14:
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9:30 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Dinesh M i, India
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# 13:
6:05 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Martin Kornbluh, New York
# 12:
5:09 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Larry Mitchell, Alabama
# 11:
12:31 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Beth Stephens, Canada
# 10:
12:09 pm PDT, Oct 9,
Bill C, Germany
# 9:
10:47 am PDT, Oct 9,
Chum R, Canada
# 8:
10:01 am PDT, Oct 9,
Barbara Brown, Florida
# 7:
6:29 am PDT, Oct 9,
Chaz Gaily Berlusconi, South Africa
# 6:
5:37 am PDT, Oct 9,
Can Atik, Turkey
# 5:
3:21 am PDT, Oct 9,
Elsie Frazier, Idaho
# 4:
5:56 pm PDT, Oct 8,
Alan Cornette, Kentucky
Columbus was a good seaman and arrived late on the scene of discovery in the new world. That's about it; not much else we can credit to him except that he introduced genecide to the western world.
Columbus was a good seaman and arrived late on the scene of discovery in the new world. That's about it; not much else we can credit to him except that he introduced genecide to the western world.
# 3:
12:57 pm PDT, Oct 8,
Vincent Barrows, Louisiana
# 2:
3:11 pm PDT, Oct 7,
Steve St. Clair, New Jersey
There is now overwhelming evidence of pre-Columbian contact across the Atlantic. Please spend time at http://www.AtlanticConference.org to hear about just the tip of the iceberg on all the various contact across both oceans.
There is now overwhelming evidence of pre-Columbian contact across the Atlantic. Please spend time at http://www.AtlanticConference.org to hear about just the tip of the iceberg on all the various contact across both oceans.
Prince Henry St. Clair
# 1:
3:03 pm PDT, Oct 7,
Rick Osmon, Indiana
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