Ignored History: Columbus Sought to End Islamic Tyranny
By Andrew G. Bostom October 8, 2018
When President Benjamin Harrison issued his “Proclamation 335 -- 400th Anniversary of the Discovery of America by Columbus,†on July 21, 1892, he emphasized how the great discoverer pioneered “progress and enlightenment,†reflected four centuries later in America’s system of universal education:
Columbus stood in his age as the pioneer of progress and enlightenment. The system of universal education is in our age the most prominent and salutary feature of the spirit of enlightenment, and it is peculiarly appropriate that the schools be made by the people the center of the day's demonstration.
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