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Eternal reminder that back in the day Italian citizens groups trying to promote the idea that Italians were "real Americans" picked Columbus out of a hat because he was the only important Italian (he is not) anyone could think of that had anything to do with the US. He was an actual DEI hire. They formed groups like the Knights of Colombus and that's basically the only reason anyone in contemporary American knows or cares who Colombus was.
I legitimately thought they were a white supremacist group that originated in Columbus,OH until now