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The Columbus/Indigenous People's Day debate is utterly fruitless. Neither of those can be a holiday for all Americans at this point. So you can try to score points for your team, or you can join my longstanding call for #HolidayReform.
(Those graphs are pre-Juneteenth).
My short theory of holidays is that the ones that "work" are those where people can agree on some common set of activities - BBQs, family time, gift exchange, whatever.
In the U.S., our national culture is that we don't do grief or solemnity very well. Only Veterans Day has it; Memorial Day is just too nice-weather to be sad. We're not equipped to do anything constructive with grief- or sorrow-based holidays, so don't bother trying.
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