renaming a day

Today is Columbus Day, although I understand that there is a move to re-name it Native American Day.  And, I think, that in some states this has already happened.  I do understand that Christopher Columbus may not have been the paragon of virtue we were led to believe in elementary school, and I also understand that he never actually set foot on the territory that is now the United States.  Still, it saddens me to see Christopher's contribution to opening up the western hemisphere to Europeans ignored so I have a suggestion.  Instead of Columbus Day or Native American Day let's call it Great Explorers Day or Bold Explorers Day.  That would include the earliest explorers who crossed the Bering Strait or travelled north from what is now Mexico.  The Vikings, the Spanish, the Portuguese, the Pilgrims and anyone else you can think of could be honored.  We might even throw in the astronauts.  How about it folks?  Let's hear it for Explorers Day.