Tag: Columbus Day
Your Views: Will our libraries erase history?
To the editor:
Columbus Day will continue to be commemorated in many cities across our land, but not in Alexandria. It is Indigenous Peoples’ Day,...
Our View: Facets of systemic discrimination
Five letters and columns in this week’s Alexandria Times editorial pages touch on various aspects of discrimination in the United States. The writers voice...
Your Views: Support for Indigenous People’s Day
To the editor:
I must debate my friend Dino Drudi and his understanding of the conquest of the New World, expressed in his letter, “The...
Your Views: The facts about indigenous peoples
To the editor:
The proposal floating around city hall, pending action as early as this month without much public discussion, to substitute “Indigenous Peoples’ Day”...
Your Views: Change Columbus Day’s name
To the editor:
Since city council proposed renaming Columbus Day to Indigenous People’s Day two weeks ago, I have seen some appalling defenses of the...
