The town has all but divorced itself from Christopher Columbus following a unanimous vote at Thursday's special town meeting.

Residents opted to designate the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples' Day, instead of Columbus Day, in recognition of the continent's original inhabitants. The article, submitted via petition by Wanita Sears, states Columbus Day commemorates when the Italian explorer landed in the Americas on Oct. 12, 1492.

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