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Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the ...
Both day are observed on the same day, the second Monday in October. President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 (originally observed on October 12) ...
Columbus' city website provides a trash and recycling calendar showing Columbus Day as a holiday. Upcoming holidays include Veterans Day (Nov. 11), Thanksgiving (Nov. 28), Christmas, and New Year ...
Columbus Day commemorates explorer Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Columbus, an Italian explorer leading a Spanish exploration, landed in the Americas in 1492.
Columbus Day became a national holiday in 1934, designated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It has been observed as a federal holiday on the second Monday of October since 1971.
The Columbus Quincentenary (1992) was the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' 1492 arrival in America. Similar to Columbus Day, the annual celebration of Columbus' arrival, the quincentenary was viewed contentiously, as different cultures and peoples had different ways of understanding Columbus' role in history. Certain institutions ...
The Columbus Day storm of 1962 (also known as the big blow of 1962, [2] and originally in Canada as Typhoon Freda) was a Pacific Northwest windstorm that struck the West Coast of Canada and the Pacific Northwest coast of the United States on October 12, 1962.
The second Monday of October marks Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day, here is what to know about the history of Columbus Day.