Christopher Columbus sails into Guntersville for Columbus Day
Posted: Oct 11, 2010 3:45 PM CDT Updated: Oct 11, 2010 5:18 PM CDT
GUNTERSVILLE, AL (WAFF) - On Columbus Day, two of his ships and Columbus himself were in Guntersville giving tours of the Nina and the Pinta.
"Well, it's Columbus Day and we're visiting family so we decided it might be a cool thing to come see," said Liz Soto.
On this holiday, Soto and her family took time out to see the Nina and the Pinta, replicas of two of the three ships used by Christopher Columbus to discover the Americas.
The ships make their way across North America for one reason.
"We do it to educate so everybody can get at least an opportunity to see what it was like in Columbus' time," said the actor portraying Christopher Columbus.
The actor said most of Columbus' crew were young men ages 14 to 19 and he carried eight months of food and supplies to make his month long trip.
"The foods he ate was hard tack, dried foods, and pickled food," said the man acting as Columbus.
"I think it would exciting and scary at the same time," said Soto.
But for Soto and those who came to see, there was always something new they learned.
"Well, that they used the same tools that Columbus used to build the ships," said Soto.
Actor Columbus informed everyone the Santa Maria was the other ship. It was not reproduced, but it sank near the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
"Built a stockade and left the crew of the ship there some with supplies and some of the animals. Said I'll return in a year and when he did return there was nobody there," said Columbus the actor.
If you would like to see the ships, they will be at Guntersville Harbor until early Wednesday afternoon.
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