Favrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoWhat do you call the next major American holiday which will occur on Monday, October 9th? - Lemmy.worldlemmy.worldmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkWhat do you call the next major American holiday which will occur on Monday, October 9th? - Lemmy.worldlemmy.worldFavrion to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squareThrowawaylinkfedilink0•2 years agoCulumbus Day. It doesn’t sit right with me that they took an existing holiday when August doesn’t have one.
minus-squareThrowawaylinkfedilink0•2 years agoHe told Europe that America existed. Thats a massive turning point in history.
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilink0•2 years agoSo was Hitler starting WW2, but no one celebrates “Hitler Day”
minus-square@WarmSoda@lemm.eelinkfedilink0•2 years agoWe knew the Americas existed long before Hitler told anyone about it.
minus-square@SolOrion@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-1•2 years agoI thought that was the primary advantage the British gained from cracking enigma- they learned FDR’s phone number from a cracked German transmission.
Culumbus Day. It doesn’t sit right with me that they took an existing holiday when August doesn’t have one.
Columbus really wasn’t someone worth celebrating
He told Europe that America existed. Thats a massive turning point in history.
So was Hitler starting WW2, but no one celebrates “Hitler Day”
We knew the Americas existed long before Hitler told anyone about it.
I thought that was the primary advantage the British gained from cracking enigma- they learned FDR’s phone number from a cracked German transmission.