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Columbus Day 2018

Enterra Insights

Columbus Day is a U.S. federal holiday commemorating the date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas. Because Columbus and colonization remain controversial subjects, Columbus Day is not as widely celebrated as other U.S. Columbus Day has been observed on the second Monday of October since 1971.

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Reflections, Thank-you(s) and Rethinking the Future

Supply Chain Shaman

Two million sailors died between the age of Columbus and the invention of steam engines. My first thank-you note is to the United States military. .” I smiled and stood in the back of the room and read through the entire publication. It spoke to me. In the publication, the author details the discovery of a cure for scurvy.