Christopher Columbus does NOT deserve a holiday...
While you may just enjoy the fact that there is a three day weekend coming up, let us explain why there are a number of reasons that it should NOT be a day celebrating Christopher Columbus. There is nothing to celebrate about this man. Becca and Rebecca tell us why. Comments or Questions? Or have an idea for future episodes - #pitchtothepod? Email us tourguidetellall@gmail.com Support Tour Guide Tell All: Want to send a one off donation to support the podcast team? We have a venmo @tourguide-tellall Check out our STORE for Tour Guide Tell All podcast paraphenelia from tote bags to stickers - https://tour-guide-tell-all.myshopify.com/ Become a Patron for bonus episodes and early release: https://www.patreon.com/tourguidetellall Sources we used and think you might be interested in: Books we used, which are amazing and can’t recommend highly enough for a lot of reasons: A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn Lies my Teacher Told me by James Loewen https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/coard-five-facts-proving-columbus-was-one-of-historys-worst-monsters/article_016313a3-3e44-58c7-a815-a890292aff5c.html https://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2014/10/13/6957875/christopher-columbus-murderer-tyrant-scoundrel DC Statues: Isabella: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Isabella_I_of_Castile Columbus: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Fountain Modern take on the Columbus statue removal: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/local/while-statues-topple-columbuss-visage-at-union-station-is-largely-ignored/2020/07/06/4a89d0aa-bfa0-11ea-b4f6-cb39cd8940fb_story.html%3foutputType=amp