A statue of Columbus is being planned near the White House

A statue of Columbus is being planned near the White House. A statue of Columbus is being planned near the White House Columbus Day was reinstated after being called Native American Day Columbus likely never set foot on the North American continent

A tablet discovered in the 19th century at the Slack Farm burial ground in Kentucky depicts a figure resembling a monk or crusader with armor or chain mail. The site is located at the confluence of the Ohio River and other regional waterways. The tablet shows cross-hatching between male and female figures with rounded head carvings. It features a cross symbol between the figures, potentially indicating Christian presence in pre-Columbian North America. Researchers debate whether it dates to the Late Woodland period (c. 1000-1300 AD) or possibly much earlier. Researchers note that some artifacts found in the Ohio River Valley show stylistic similarities to European medieval designs, though their origins remain disputed among scholars.

Key Facts

• A statue of Columbus is being planned near the White House
• Columbus Day was reinstated after being called Native American Day
• Columbus likely never set foot on the North American continent
• Vikings settled Greenland around 980 AD, which is part of North America
• Columbus probably landed on Cat Island rather than San Salvador based on journal calculations
• The Italian population of New York City and Franklin Roosevelt's political needs created the Columbus Day holiday
• Evidence of Christians in pre-Columbian North America would invalidate sovereignty laws used to justify American land claims

Source: The Round Table Chronicles - Ep. 5 by Institute for Natural Philosophy