COLUMBUS DAY -- USA

[ArrowMan]

RIGHT NOW, this very moment,
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY
is DAWNING ACROSS
the UNITED STATES of AMERICA !!​

A MAJOR AMERICAN HOLIDAY !!​

American Flags are hung everywhere,
Banks are closed, all governmet offices are closed,
schools are closed, the U S Military is on Official Holiday,
PARADES are in EVERY MAJOR CITY across AMERICA ...​

.. including the CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS DAY PARADE in CHICAGO
which I WILL ATTEND THIS YEAR in just a few hours !!
TENS of THOUSANDS will FLOCK to SEE IT !!!
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/livenow?id=8383533​

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ALL BECAUSE Christopher Columbus
DISCOVERED The NEW WORLD
beginning in 1492
on the NINA, PINTA and SANTA MARIA (ships)​

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THINK about IT:
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS is
EVERYWHERE in the USA !​

FROM the stirring song:
HAIL COLUMBIA !
which WAS the FIRST NATIONAL ANTHEM
of the
UNITED STATES of AMERICA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlQS1pzHdA​

and now is the
OFFICIAL SONG
of the
VICE-PRESIDENT
of the
UNITED STATES of AMERICA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfbiw6vhYiQ​

to COLUMBIA PICTURES
(who hasn't seen THIS in movie theaters):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOJcCegZupI&feature=related​

to Washington, D. C.
D. C. standing for
"DISTRICT of COLUMBIA"
(an entity ALL of ITS OWN ..
unlike anything in the USA,
not a state, a city or a county
but rather
A DISTRICT of a near DIAMOND SHAPE
where the SEAT of GOVERNMENT
for the UNITED STATES SITS
and
the SEAT
of WORLD POWER):​

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YES, Christopher Columbus
is
EVERYWHERE
in the
UNITED STATES of AMERICA​

HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY !!! ​

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WATCH the
CHICAGO COLUMBUS DAY PARADE
RIGHT HERE!!!​

TODAY!!
OCTOBER 11, 2011
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/livenow?id=8383533​

 

[ArrowMan]

HAIL COLUMBIA !!!​

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPlQS1pzHdA​

 

[ArrowMan]

from the movie ...
1492
stirring music by VANGELIS​

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V3E7ayMLgA&feature=related​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oY_uIzaO-EU&feature=related​

 

[ArrowMan]

[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]WHO is the GODDESS [/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]COLUMBIA is the GODDESS [/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]AND she ADORES the HIGHEST PINNACLE in WASHINGTON, D.C. ---[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]the very TOP of the United States Capital Dome [/FONT]
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[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]ALL in HONOR of [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS[/FONT]​

[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f34fIpTwEyw&feature=related[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyIqvZSuptk[/FONT]​

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[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]HAPPY [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]COLUMBUS [/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]DAY [/FONT]​

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[ArrowMan]

"COLUMBIA, the GEM of the OCEAN"​

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siHfQGn3JTs​

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYfXBoN9cU​

 

[platinum]

 

[verlup1]

How was the parade Arrow? I never get to go to the NYC one because I've always had to work that day. I'm not much of a parade person anyway but it must be nice to have the time to go. You know several Latin American countries have some Italian Heritage in the mix too.