Turkey and genocide.

I often wonder why we as a nation celebrate Thanksgiving and Columbus Day. My girlfriend mentioned that today this holiday isn't so much about sharing food with the Indians of America but about sharing food with family and spending time together.
Why have such a holiday with such memories of Europeans. If it wasn't for the natives they probably would have starved.
Maybe that's it. But I really just don't get why it is such a big deal today.
And as far as Columbus. Well, they did prove he wasn't the first to come here and "discover" a new land right? So why are we still celebrating his discovery?

I spent the day with my sweetie and her friends Tim and Teresa. They invited us to go have turkey with their family, they happen to own a successful bar here in NoPo and I found myself transported back to some of the more interesting times when I was a child. I asked myself earlier while sleep deprived from my job, really? your going to spend thanksgiving at a bar with a bunch of people you don't know? yep. i did. my sweetie asked me to go. it was a little different as the bar was closed and there were not many people. here i had been avoiding my childhood triggers for so long.........