Monday is Columbus Day, a federal holiday celebrating Christopher Columbus' discovery of the Americas in 1492. On top of discovering a new land, Columbus and his crew brought along centuries of death, disease and oppression to the indigenous populations of the New World. RT's Meghan Lopez asks Tom Bowden, an analyst at the Ayn Rand Institute and the author of "The Enemies of Columbus," about Columbus' legacy and how the US should mark this day. Find RT America in your area: http://rt.com/where-to-watch/ Or watch us online: http://rt.com/on-air/rt-america-air/ Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTAmerica Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_America