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2. Columbus Day - Wikipedia

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   Columbus Day in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1892 Columbus Day Parade in New York City, 2009. Actual observance varies in different parts of the United States, ranging from large-scale parades and events to complete nonobservance. Most states do not celebrate Columbus Day as an official state holiday. [28]

3. Hare We Go - Wikipedia

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   In 1492 Christopher Columbus is arguing with the king of Spain whether the world is round or flat. Columbus suggests that the Earth is round like an apple or a human head. King Ferdinand insists the Earth is flat like a pancake (and Columbus' head, after flattening it with his scepter). Eventually the king kicks Columbus out of his palace.

4. What is Columbus Day? What to know about the federal holiday

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   The second Monday of October marks Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day, here is what to know about the history of Columbus Day. ... Animals. Business. Entertainment. Fitness. Food. Games ...

5. 21 Facts You Never Learned About Christopher Columbus

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   After his first trip in 1492, Columbus returned to the colony Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) in 1493, visited Trinidad and the South American mainland in 1498, and ...

6. List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus

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   Christopher Columbus as symbol for Genua (1907) located at Bowling Green, Manhattan (The U.S. Customs House) Christopher Columbus in Queens (1941) located at Astoria Blvd, Queens; Columbus Bust in Bronx (1925) located at D'Auria-Murphy Triange, Bronx; Columbus decoration in station (1904) located at 59th Street-Columbus Circle (IRT West Side)

7. What's open and closed on Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples ...

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   Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day fall on Monday, Oct. 14 this year. Columbus Day is a federal holiday, recognized to mark of Italian explorer's Christopher Columbus' arrival in America ...

8. Voyages of Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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   [124] [y] On 1 August, Columbus and his men arrived at a landmass near the mouth of South America's Orinoco river, in the region of modern-day Venezuela. Columbus recognized from the topography that it must be the continent's mainland, but while describing it as an otro mundo ('other world'), [125] retained the belief that it was Asia—and ...

9. Indigenous People’s Day: Why many Americans don’t ... - AOL

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   Members of that group campaigned to establish Columbus Day as a holiday in order to establish Christopher Columbus - a Catholic Italian - as an important and central figure in American history.