I personally believe that Columbus day should be celebrated. Although Christopher Columbus did treat the Native American's poorly, he was the first documented European to actually explore and chart the "New World". We have celebrated the day for several years, why take it away now? I believe he still deserves respect, honor, and recognition. I would not necessarily call him a hero. A hero has no one definition. It depends on your perspective of the person or situation. Someone might consider a person a hero, while another person or group of people see them as villians. So I believe that even though Christopher Colombus is no hero, he still deserves to reserve his place in history by having one day out of the year in honor of him.
