I would really love to know more about this lynching and how it’s linked to Columbus Day. I have never heard about this ever.
Edit:
I checked the Wikipedia, which does mention it as the first time it was celebrated as a national holiday but that it was a one time thing until post 1900. That a group had celebrated it in New York City 100 years earlier and that New York City, as a whole, had celebrated it for nearly 30 years prior to the event. The state would make it a holiday until ~1907. It wouldn’t be made into a federal holiday until [nearly 100 years after its first national celebration] 1968.
I don’t think we can call it the origin for the holiday.
I would really love to know more about this lynching and how it’s linked to Columbus Day. I have never heard about this ever.
Edit: I checked the Wikipedia, which does mention it as the first time it was celebrated as a national holiday but that it was a one time thing until post 1900. That a group had celebrated it in New York City 100 years earlier and that New York City, as a whole, had celebrated it for nearly 30 years prior to the event. The state would make it a holiday until ~1907. It wouldn’t be made into a federal holiday until [nearly 100 years after its first national celebration] 1968.
I don’t think we can call it the origin for the holiday.