Columbus Day?

When people think about Columbus day or Christopher Columbus they usually think about the European guy who sailed across the Atlantic Ocean and discovered America. When he arrived he actually never landed in America, but he did land on islands in Central and Southern America. Most people are taught about Christopher Columbus in school when they are young and he usually is credited with discovering America and is thought to be a good guy and even a hero by some people.
What most people are not taught about in school are the horrific things that really happened when Columbus arrived and all of the horrible things that him and his men did to the native people. The Spanish conquistadors committed mass genocide on many different tribes of native people and on multiple different islands. They were able to take them as slaves and work them to death for their own selfish economic gains in order to try and please the king of Spain on the other side of the world. The main reason that they were able to take the native people by force with such ease was because they had the unfair advantage of gun powder and steel weapons. When you really look at what happened, do you think it is right that we celebrate this man the way that we do and recognize him as a national holiday? Do you think that Columbus gets more credit than he really deserves from the American people? Do you think that there is anything wrong with the way that the Story of Christopher Columbus is taught to young children in schools all across America?