Posted by Cassidy on Sunday, September 9, 2007 at 3:05pm.
Columbia is taken from the name, Christopher Columbus, the supposed discoverer of America. Of course, the native Americans were here for thousands of years before Columbus "found" this land. Columbus was the first European to publicize his discoveries.
thx but about the shuttle,and D.C., why did they name them that?
Here are more details about them.
http://www.geocities.com/bobarnebeck/name.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Columbia
However, what does this have to do with the subject "Music?"
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