my name is damica. my four siblings and i have come to america 60 years ago. our parents instilled in us the importance of embracing our culture but also not forgetting our roots and our tradition. our most pressured memories were trips to the civic center, golden gate park and the colorful trades in north beach and columbus day parade now known as the italian heritage day parade. for our first generation children and second generation grandchildren in this city we feel it is very important to keep the second monday of october as italian-american heritage day. just let's not forget what the italians have contributed to san francisco and to the country. i'm in favor of keeping the second day of october as italian-american heritage day. thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is nick. i've been standing here deciding what to say other than i support this. it was a shock when i heard that we were switching the day to native american heritage day. it was kind of a surprise to just take away columbus day. then i thought, while standing back here and sitting here and