Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?

The definition of a "hero" according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary is: "one that shows great courage" and "a man admired for his achievements and noble qualities". A hero sets off and does something heroic (hence the name, "hero"). If this is the case, Columbus is certainly not a hero. Columbus set off intending to discover a new trade route to Asia but instead, he unintentionally found the New World (key word: unintentionally). Wow. He is celebrated today for a mistake that just so happen to be a good one. Does that mean we should take a day off to celebrate those students who fail in school for their mistakes? No. Then where is the logic behind celebrating Columbus day? That's not to say that people are ungrateful for his discovery. I realize there are benefits of finding the New World and I realize that Columbus opened up new opportunity for people's future. However, people have to take into consideration that Columbus didn't initially set out to discover the New World. Columbus is not the hero that everyone makes him out to be (No offence, Christopher Columbus!).