Thank you, Chris Columbus

If you have today off from work or school...

 

you have

Christopher Columbus

to thank.

 

And you’re probably doing a

hap, hap, happy dance

for the long weekend.

 

 

I remember being taught in elementary school

that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492.

 

Who could forget the rhyme that was drilled into our heads?

 

“In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.”

 

 

But in reality,

when Columbus and the

Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria

landed in the New World...

it was not America they discovered.

It was the Bahamas.

 

Inhabitants were already living on the island...

welcoming Christopher Columbus,

like a Walmart greeter:

 

 

"Hey, mon.
How may I help you?"

 

 

 

Let’s also not overlook the fact

that the Vikings

had already explored the North American coast

500 years

before Columbus.

 

 

 (so, what’s in your wallet?)

 

 

 

Anywhoooo......

 

 

 

I don’t want to take any thunder from

Christopher Columbus’s accomplishments.

 

To sail across the Atlantic in a wooden boat,

without a deck pool or boat drinks, 

is a big darn deal.

 

 PLUS, it is extremely impressive that Columbus

managed to get a 3-day weekend put on our calendar.

 

ALAS...

 

 

We can't thank you enough,

Christopher Columbus

for discovering the Bahamas.

 

 

 

 

"No problem, mon."