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will be recognized this year. Additionally, he acknowledged the importance of the day in the Italian American community, emphasizing that “for many Italian Americans, the story of Christopher Columbus’ voyage crossing the Atlantic from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on behalf of Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II remains a source of pride.”
Next, Biden fell short in the proclamation when he briefly discussed the founding of Columbus Day but ignored the details of the event that motivated the holiday’s inclusion in the nation’s culture. It was good that Biden recognized the hate crime that resulted in the murder of 11 Italian Americans at the hands of an angry mob in New Orleans. It was bad that he did not go into more detail — especially since what happened in 1891 in Louisiana is considered one of the largest mass lynchings in American history, and the victims were targeted because of their Italian ethnicity.
. The mayor stoked the discriminatory sentiment, calling those believed to be involved “Sicilian gangsters.” The mob “dragged them from their cells and lynched them.”
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