Columbus Day

It is unclear to me why Columbus gets "a day". I have been to Columbus, it ain't all that.

Columbus has no geographic purpose, other than as the center of the state. Therefore, it's main "industry" is government, as it's theoretically equidistant from all edges of the state.

I think we all know how crummy "government as industry" is. But, the true hypocrisy here is, that on "Columbus Day" the government takes the day off!

Abolish Columbus Day- a cowtown like that does not warrant a national holiday.