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President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934 (originally observed on October 12) to commemorate the landing of explorer Christopher Columbus in the ...
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 is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the ...
Approximately 29 states and Washington, D.C., do not celebrate Columbus Day, and over 200 cities have replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day. Contributing: USA Today Network
Americans celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and Columbus Day on the second Monday of October each year.
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
On Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, people can expect the following to be closed: Government offices: Federal, state, and city offices are closed, including the DMV, libraries, courts, and ...
1st Sunday after Labor Day: National Grandparents' Day; weekend before September 11: National Days of Prayer and Remembrance; September 11: Patriot Day; September 11: Emergency Number Day [15] 3rd Friday in September National POW/MIA Recognition Day POW☆ MIA Flag. September 17: Constitution Day and Citizenship Day and Constitution Week