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On October 10, 2019, just a few days before Columbus Day would be celebrated in Washington, D.C., the D.C. Council voted to temporarily replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day. [33] This bill was led by Councilmember David Grosso (I-At Large) and must undergo congressional approval to become permanent. [33]
Columbus Day has been a national holiday since 1937, ... D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day. About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples Day, ... 'In one week, wrinkles ...
Approximately 29 states and Washington, D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day. About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day, according to renamecolumbusday.org.
"It should be changed to Horrible at Geography Day, since Columbus was about 1/2 a hemisphere off." And actually, Minneapolis is not the first to modify its observance of the holiday.
The city symbolically renamed Columbus Day as "Indigenous Peoples' Day" beginning in 1992 [4] to protest the historical conquest of North America by Europeans, and to call attention to the losses suffered by the Native American peoples and their cultures [5] through diseases, warfare, massacres, and forced assimilation.
Columbus Day is one of 11 federal holidays, ... D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day. About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day, ...
Approximately 29 states and Washington, D.C. do not celebrate Columbus Day. About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day, according to renamecolumbusday.org .
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]