A citizens proposal to recognize Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day failed to pass a vote in Town Meeting this weekend in Westford. "Westford believes that the culture of Native American people is one to be promoted, the history is rich, diverse, and worthy of celebration, and that the actions and policies of European colonizers of the Americas destroyed a part of that culture, inhibited the promulgation of it for generations to come," the proposal read in part.

After more than an hour's discussion, the vote failed 108 to 111. A proposal by resident Denis Galvin to make March 15, Former President Andrew Jackson's birthday, be set aside "to reflect upon the unjust treatment of the Native American people as well as the evil of racism and other forms of collective bigotry," was referred to the town's newly formed diversity and equity inclusion committee.