Born Feb. 14, 1812, Columbus has gone from a simple settlement to Ohio’s largest city in its 213 years. Franklinton, named for Benjamin Franklin, was the first permanent settlement in central Ohio, ...

Either way, the fact it's a debate at all is unusual, considering Columbus himself never even made it to North America — let alone the portion of the continent that would one day become the US.

"We have no reason whatsoever — only because we ignore these facts — to celebrate the legacy or the figure of such criminal," ...