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Opinion: Why Columbus Day matters: honoring Italian American resilience

Kent County News | Chestertown

Oct 16, 2025

Every October, the debate over Columbus Day versus Indigenous Peoples' Day resurfaces, framed as a choice between two communities. Yet Italian Americans, like Indigenous people, ha…

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