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To: All Organizations and Individuals who petitioned against Bills H.3191 and S.2027. An Act establishing an Indigenous People Day on the second Monday of October to replace and eliminate Columbus Day as a Massachusetts State holiday.
Results: IDP Day Bill NO ACTION TAKEN by the legislature. General Session concluded August 1,2022.
This Bill dies in committee.
Our collective voices were heard! We believed that this Bill was unjust and unfair and divisive not only to the large Italian American community of 800,000, but also to many other Massachusetts residents who support and celebrate this National Holiday.
At the same time, we do support that the Native American community should have their own day of celebration and recognition of their proud heritage to be the day after Thanksgiving as proclaimed by President Obama in 2009, and that the Month of November should be Native American Heritage Month as proclaimed and votes on by Congress in 1990.
The many personal contacts and emails that were made to House Speaker Mariano and other legislators made the difference to Save Columbus Day in Massachusetts! Thanks go out to all those who took up this cause and supported it with your actions.
In the meantime, we need to make it clear to our own legislators that we will not support them with our vote if they insist on supporting this bill in the future.
I have listed for your attention those legislators who were petitioners in support of this Bill to replace Columbus Day. If they happen to be your representative listed below, then don’t hesitate to continue to let them know your own position is one of opposition and a no vote for them.
Sincerely,
Save Columbus Action Group
Tom Damigella, Italian American Alliance
DO NOT GIVE THE FOLLOWING YOUR VOTE:
| Name | District/Address |
| Joanne M. Comerford | Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester |
| Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
| Jason M. Lewis | Fifth Middlesex |
| Kay Khan | 11th Middlesex |
| Rebecca L. Rausch | Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
| David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester |
| Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex |
| Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| Patricia D. Jehlen | Second Middlesex |
| Steven C. Owens | 29th Middlesex |
| Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
| Tami L. Gouveia | 14th Middlesex |
| Cindy F. Friedman | Fourth Middlesex |
| Michael J. Barrett | Third Middlesex |
| Adam G. Hinds | Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden |
| Julian Cyr | Cape and Islands |
| Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire |
| James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
| Patrick M. O’Connor | Plymouth and Norfolk |
| Lydia Edwards | First Suffolk and Middlesex |
HOUSE petitioners
| Name | District/Address |
| Jack Patrick Lewis | 7th Middlesex |
| Brandy Fluker Oakley | 12th Suffolk |
| Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire |
| David M. Rogers | 24th Middlesex |
| Christine P. Barber | 34th Middlesex |
| Michelle L. Ciccolo | 15th Middlesex |
| Carmine Lawrence Gentile | 13th Middlesex |
| Jay D. Livingstone | 8th Suffolk |
| Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex |
| Kenneth I. Gordon | 21st Middlesex |
| Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester |
| Mary S. Keefe | 15th Worcester |
| Joan Meschino | 3rd Plymouth |
| Steven C. Owens | 29th Middlesex |
| Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex |
| Elizabeth A. Malia | 11th Suffolk |
| Nika C. Elugardo | 15th Suffolk |
| Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire |
| Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex |
| Natalie M. Blais | 1st Franklin |
| Vanna Howard | 17th Middlesex |
| James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester |
| Kevin G. Honan | 17th Suffolk |
| Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex |
The Suffolk County Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day holidays were greatly diminished by the state legislators. This despite Evacuation Day and Bunker Hill Day being extremely important events in early U.S. history. All part of the erasing of U.S. history by a tiny but active minority benefitting from an apathetic and uninformed majority.