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Columbus Day is
celebrated in the United States to honour
Christopher Columbus’s
first voyage to America in
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The President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the
32nd President of the USA from 1933 to 1945, proclaimed the
twelfth of October
Columbus Day in 1937.
Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States from 1969 to
1974, in 1971 declared
Columbus Day a national holiday to
be observed on the second Monday of October.
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Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
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Columbus's coat of arms
He had three ships:
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The Santa Maria
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The Nina
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The Pinta
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And left from Spain.
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On the evening of the third of August in 1492 Columbus departed from Palos de la Frontera.
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He sailed through sunshine,
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wind and rain.
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He sailed through whales
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and sharks.
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He sailed by night;
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he sailed by day;
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He used the stars to find his way.
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A compass also helped him to know how to find the way to go.
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Day after day the crew looked for land.
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On the twelfth of October their dream came true.
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“Indians!” Columbus cried.
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But “India” the land was not.It was the Bahamas and it was hot.
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They gave the sailors food
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and spice.
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Columbus sailed on to find some GOLD
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to bring back home as he had been told
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trading GOLD to bring to Spain.
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Columbus was brave and he was bright!
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The Columbus Citizens Foundation has been organizing New York's Columbus Day Parade since 1929.
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