Columbus Gets To Keep America After All

Even thought we Americans may not have been all that nice to the people living on this continent before we arrived, at least we honor them with sports team logos. We also honor the American Indians by realizing that, well, they were here first.

Or, you know, maybe not. Newtown Elementary school recently held a “mock trial” debating whether Columbus discovered America or if the Indians were here first The case — debated in front of an actual district judge — ended in a hung jury, of course, but America was declaring victory.

Despite the hung jury, the defendant [Columbus, I guess] — played by 11-year-old Ryan Conner — felt victorious. “We had all the proof we needed,” he said after the court adjourned. “The prosecution had a lot of evidence, but they couldn’t prove the Indians had a civilization.”

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