What is Columbus Day? What to know about the federal holiday
The second Monday of October marks Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day in the United States. In 2022, President Joe Biden ...
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The history behind Columbus Day shows the holiday has been controversial since it was established
Columbus Day has become one of the more controversial holidays in the US. A number of cities across America have already swapped it for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Detractors argue Genoese explorer ...
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What’s open, what’s closed on Columbus Day 2023? UPS, FedEx, banks, mail delivery, stock markets, stores, restaurants
Columbus Day 2023 is Monday, Oct. 9. Columbus Day started in 1792 as an Italian-American holiday. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the day a national holiday in 1937. A growing number of ...
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Christopher Columbus
The fleet also came across other Caribbean islands on this expedition, including modern-day Cuba and Haiti, which Columbus believed were the Indies. While it has been commonly said that Columbus ...