Comments on: Albany to Christopher Columbus: sorry, old chum, but we’re sleeping in this year

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:14:00 +0000

Is there a boat to tip over?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:56:00 +0000

Interesting though, isn’t it, that there’s no Martin Luther King Day Parade?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:54:00 +0000

#OccupyTheSantaMaria

By: Rob Madeo

Rob Madeo — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:44:00 +0000

We need to get the UAlbany off-campus student community involved. I’m not sure what the Italian equivalent of Kegs n’ Eggs is, but I know it would be a huge hit.

By: Chuck Miller

Chuck Miller — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:36:00 +0000

There’s something you touched on in this post – the fact that Columbus Day has become a de facto Italian-American Heritage Day, just as St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into an Irish-American Heritage Day, Martin Luther King’s Birthday is now an African-American Heritage Day, and Cinco de Mayo is essentially now a Hispanic-American Heritage Day. Perhaps we are experiencing an evolution of holidays from celebrations of famous men and famous accomplishments into a celebration of the various ethnicities and cultures that make our United States of America melting pot.