Should Columbus Day continue to be celebrated in the U.S.?

I agree with the second article, the no article. Partially because I never agreed with Columbus day, but also because I think that it makes more valuable points. Columbus did not discover the Americas, they were discovered long before he came around. Then the article goes on to talk about how Columbus and his men acted, and states "No wonder these protions of U.S. history are left out of school books." I am just starting to learn about the slavery, the forced religious conversions and every thing else that Columbus and his men did. Does it really seem right to have a holiday honoring a man who did these things because he discovered the Americas, even though he really did not? I do not think that this is right.