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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.
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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
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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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