What's the Right Way to Observe Columbus Day?

Christopher Columbus, genocidal maniac. Columbus/Shutterstock
Somehow, most of the country still celebrates Columbus Day, rather than recoiling in horror. There was a Columbus Day parade in New York this weekend, another in Boston, another in Providence. They all sound like a lot of fun (grilled sausages and peppers at the Rhode Island parade!) but gee whiz I just can't imagine the cognitive dissonance of waving happily at slow-moving floats on a day named after a genocidal maniac.But what's the