And what better way to celebrate the holiday honouring Christopher Columbus than with a picture of Lady Gaga with a sailing ship entwined in her hair?

For more information on what the Americas were like – the numerous native populations and their achievements prior to and at the time of Columbus’ “discovery” of the Americas- I highly recommend the book “1491”. Then you can get a good appreciation for just what was destroyed by the onslaught of European domination that Christopher Columbus’ arrival started.