Well, I think Columbus' visit to our neck of the woods worthy of remembrance.
In 1492
Columbus Sailed the Ocean Blue....
And he discovered the land in which and of which we make our living by helping others buy and sell pieces of it.
Do you think Chris had any idea of what was to come? Think about it....after a LONG and I supposed scary and anxious voyage, one that many felt would result in his demise by falling off of the "edge" of the earth, he made it HERE.
And what was here? Native Americans and lots of uninhabited land. Some wooded, some barren, most untouched.
Chris and crew did not up pull up to port; there was no "port." Just the edge of the land, the shore. There was no Internet or GPS to map a course or see pictures of what this world was like. No Google Earth, no mapquest, nothing but the stars and the earth's magnetic field.
Man, if our technology all failed and we had to find our way around like that today, think of the pandemonium that would ensue!
Well, things are what they are. Chris found it, and from it we have sprang.
I'm happy to be here, and I hope you are too!
Check out what Wikipedia has to say about Columbus Day here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbus_Day
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