Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Columbus Day is Back, Baby!

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From: It's Columbus Day!

 Columbus Day is a federal holiday, falling on the second Monday in October. In the past, the Christian County Library had used Columbus Day as a Staff Training Day. No mention of Columbus Day. See screenshot above.

In a short and sweet meeting tonight, the Board of Trustees exorcised the last of the ALA out of the handbook, and restored Columbus Day to its rightful place, as well as providing staff an additional training day. Win/win.

The demons were howling again. ;-)

Now, we just need the library to shelve some lovely books about Columbus. For kids, D'Aulaire's book, "Columbus." It's a classic book for ages 4-11. Wouldn't it be wonderful for our community's children to access books like this in the library?

Front Cover Preview Image - 1 of 8 - Beautiful Feet Books: Columbus

2 comments:

  1. Just make sure that kids also know what that he didn't "discover" anything and he raped and killed natives.

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  2. Thus saith a decolonizer who is deeply angry at our Western Culture and seeks to tear it down. Public school and/or college didn't do you any favors.

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