Today is the anniversary of the day Christopher Columbus became the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, or in more simple terms, discovered the “New World”. This event was probably one of the most significant days of the last millennium, directly initiating the process of colonization which foreshadowed the general European colonization of the “New World.” He is widely considered to be the man who brought Christianity across the Atlantic. So today we salute Christopher Columbus; navigator, explorer and champion of “Western” Civilization.
