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  This is one of the most insightful article about Columbus that  I've ever read!  Just in time for Columbus Day this weekend! Will the Real Columbus Please Stand Up By  Tad R. Callister  · October 8, 2021 A well-known television show,  To Tell the Truth,  involved four panelists who were presented with three contestants, each of whom claimed to be the key figure in a unique occupation or experience. Two of the contestants were counterfeits who were permitted to misrepresent the truth, while the third contestant—the real key figure—was required to tell the truth. After asking questions, the panelists would then give their opinion as to which contestant was the real McCoy. Thereafter the moderator would say, “Would the real ‘key figure’ please stand up.” The panelists were often surprised to discover they had picked the wrong contestant. In a somewhat like manner, we have many revisionist historians who have manufactured a counterfeit Columbus who has o...

I should have posted this 2 days ago, on Columbus Day!  Aren't we thankful for the inspiration that Christopher Columbus received, and then acted upon!  We too should act upon inspiration we receive, as he did! This same article was posted last year in LDS Living. I posted this last year on October 12, 2014.  But it is worth posting again! SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2014 249. What You Should Know about Christopher Columbus and the Restoration. From LDS Living -- Appropriate on Columbus' Birthday today! This article from LDS Living is so appropriate today, on Christopher Columbus' birthday!  It appeared in LDS Living on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014.  It is very interesting! What You Should Know about Christopher Columbus and the Restoration CLARK B. HINCKLEY -  Though everyone knows his name, most people know surprisingly little about Christopher Columbus and the way he shaped the modern world. Fewer still appreciate the role he played in t...

This article from LDS Living is so appropriate today, on Christopher Columbus' birthday!  It appeared in LDS Living on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014.  It is very interesting! What You Should Know about Christopher Columbus and the Restoration CLARK B. HINCKLEY -  Though everyone knows his name, most people know surprisingly little about Christopher Columbus and the way he shaped the modern world. Fewer still appreciate the role he played in the Restoration and the opening of the last dispensation. At noon on the Ides of March, 1493, a small wooden ship rode the rising tide up the Río Tinto and into the harbor of Palos, Spain. She wasn’t much of a ship—her deck was only about 55 feet long. She was weathered but solidly built and appeared to be newly caulked. She was named the Santa Clara, but was usually called the Niña after her owner, Juan Niño of Moguer. The Niña had last been seen in Palos on August 3, 1492, sailing down the ebb tide with two other ships, the S...