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Sag Harbor School Board Forms Committee To Look At Changing Columbus Day, Celebrating Juneteenth

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In 2019, the Southampton Board of Education voted in favor of renaming the holiday traditionally observed as Columbus Day on next year’s school calendar to Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Italian Heritage Day. EXPRESS FILE

In 2019, the Southampton Board of Education voted in favor of renaming the holiday traditionally observed as Columbus Day on next year’s school calendar to Indigenous Peoples’ Day/Italian Heritage Day. EXPRESS FILE

A posthumous portrait of a man said to be Christopher Columbus by artist Sebastiano del Piombo in 1519.

A posthumous portrait of a man said to be Christopher Columbus by artist Sebastiano del Piombo in 1519.

Bryan Boyhan on Oct 7, 2020
At the Sag Harbor schools, it’s still called Columbus Day; but that might change. The district is heading down a path that other school districts — and state and local... more

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