Five hundred years ago today, the Admiral of the Ocean Sea died. As I and almost all of my friends are Americans of European ancestry, citizens of a country that should debatably be called the United States of Columbia, we owe an eternal debt to Christopher Columbus. No matter how lost he may have been, regardless of where he thought he had landed, for all practical intents and purposes the Admiral discovered this glorious New World in which we reside. There would be no America without Columbus's journeys.

Thank you, Admiral, and may you rest in peace with the Lord.