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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, which is a federal holiday, is "one of the most inconsistently celebrated U.S. holidays," according to the Pew Research Center. A demonstrator takes part in a protest against ...
About 216 cities have renamed it or replaced it with Indigenous Peoples' Day, according to renamecolumbusday.org. Some states recognize Indigenous Peoples Day via proclamation, while others treat ...
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]
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 ...
Not all Democrats have denounced Columbus Day, which was first designated a national holiday in 1934 to mark explorer Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas in 1492.
In 2024, Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day fall on Monday, Oct. 14. The holidays occur annually on the second Monday of October. Post offices will close, as well as many public schools.
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