The second Monday in October celebrates Christopher Columbus discovering America in 1492.
Where did Columbus first land in America?
On his feet!
Christopher Columbus Biography
Columbus was born in Italy in 1451, but he spent most of his life in Portugal and in Spain. It was King Ferdinand of Spain who in 1492 financed his explorations to America in the ships: Santa Maria, Pinta and Nina. Columbus returned to Spain the next year, and later undertook a second expedition to the Caribbean. He died at Valladolid, Spain in 1506.
Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn’t a lot of strokes when you consider the course. Lee Trevino
America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up. Oscar Wilde
Funny History Exam Answer
During the Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great navigator who discovered America while cursing about the Atlantic. His ships were called the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Fe. Later the Pilgrims crossed the Ocean, and that was called the Pilgrim’s Progress. When they landed at Plymouth Rock, they were greeted by Indians, who came down the hill rolling their was hoops before them. The Indian squabs carried their cabooses, which proved very fatal to them. The winter of 1620 was a hard one for the setters. Many people died and many babies were born. Captain John Smith was responsible for all this.
Short Jokes for Columbus Day
- COLUMBUS’ Father:
I don’t care what you’ve discovered, Christopher. You could have written. - What happed when Columbus was shot at by an Indian?
He had an arrow miss. - ‘Nathaniel you know an ancestor of mine came over on the Santa Maria.’
Nathaniel replied: ‘Really? Which rat was he?’ - Why did the hungry Columbus eat the last candle
He wanted a light snack.
George W. Bush Meets Christopher Columbus
Dear Friends:
We have the distinguished honor of being on the committee to raise $5,000,000 for a monument to George W. Bush. The committee originally wanted to put him on Mt. Rushmore until we discovered there was not enough room for two more faces. We then decided to erect a statue of George in the Washington, DC, Hall of Fame.
We were in a quandary as to where the statue should be placed. It was not proper to place it beside the statue of George Washington, who never told a lie, or beside Richard Nixon, who never told the truth, since George could never tell the difference.
We finally decided to place it beside Christopher Columbus, the greatest Republican of them all. He left not knowing where he was going, and when he got there he did not know where he was. He returned not knowing where he had been, decimated the well-being of the majority of the population while he was there, and did it all on someone else’s money.
Thank you,
George W. Bush Monument Committee
P.S. We have raised $2.75 so far
Discovering America
Following Columbus’s discover of America, this engraving depicting the Pilgrims landing.
However, historian criticise the picture on the ground that the costume is more 1800s than 1492. Also, according to contemporary journals the Pilgrims did not meet Indians until several week after the initial landing.
What was the Pilgrim Fathers and Mothers favorite dance?
The Plymouth Rock
Thankful Pilgrims
Columbus Goes Hunting
One hunter has two blunderbusses.
Christopher Columbus asks, ‘Why do you have two blunderbusses?’
The hunter explains, ‘I usually miss the first time I shoot. By taking two I can shoot again.’
Columbus thinks for a while and then says, ‘Why not just take the second one, and only shoot once?’
Please send us your funny Columbus Day jokes.
