Christopher Columbus: Hispanic Day

Samir Yellapragada

Anthony McGaw

Honors European History

Period 8

5/11/2014

Hispanic Day -- October 12

A young Christopher Columbus set foot on a hot, tropical island on October 12th, 1492. Little did he know that his discovery has become a crucial part of Hispanic culture and its influence on the history of mankind. Hispanic Day commemorates the day in which the Hispanic culture was first spread to the Americas with Christopher Columbus during Spain’s Golden Age. The day Columbus’s troop landed on that Caribbean island, vast cultural development was put into momentum. On this date the first encounter between Europe and the Americas took place. Hispanic Day is an actively celebrated holiday that arose from the European desire for goods from Asia. It had many consequences on the way the history of Spain shaped out to be, and it is a very significant holiday today. Hispanic Day is often understood by the public using the analogy that Christopher Columbus was the torch that spread the flame of Hispanic culture all around the world. This flame still burns today, resulting in the celebration of Hispanic Day.

It was the twelfth day of October in 1492 when Christopher Columbus found the Americas. This date has now become a widely celebrated holiday in all Hispanic parts of the world. Celebration of the anniversary in Spain dates back to 1935, when the first festival was held in Madrid. The day is known as Hispanic Day, emphasizing Spain's connection to the Hispanidad, the international Hispanic community. All of Spain celebrates the holiday along with some parts of the United States, some parts of South America, and even some parts of Africa, along with a...

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...o find a cheap, effective route to the rich lands of Asia ends up with way more than he bargained for. Columbus’s discovery of the New World could be considered one of the most important events in both European and American history. His voyage changed the world forever. Hispanic Day is an important holiday for Spain because it marks the day that their country became a rich, worldly power, but it is also important to people all throughout the Americas. Hispanic Day is simply the day to commemorate the spreading of the rich and vibrant Hispanic culture throughout the Hispanic global community. Referring back to the analogy in the introduction, Hispanic Day is the celebration of the flame of Hispanic culture that has now spread all around the world. Every last ember of the fire is a descendant of one man’s remarkable voyage that changed the face of history forever.