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October 11, 2024 at 7:34 AM Indigenous Peoples’ Day, also known as Columbus Day, happens every October on the month's second Monday. This US federal holiday will fall on Monday, October 14, this ...
October 14, 2024 at 6:00 AM. Getty Images. Columbus Day might be the most controversial holiday on the federal calendar. Also known as Indigenous People’s Day, it’s also one of the most ...
October 14, 2024 at 10:07 PM. SAN FRANCISCO - Hundreds of people attended a festival marking Indigenous People's Day at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens on Monday afternoon. The festival ...
2026 date. October 12 (United States) Frequency. Annual. 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 anniversary of Christopher Columbus 's arrival in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on ...
National Indigenous Peoples Day in Canada. Indigenous Peoples' Day[ a ] is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cultures. [ 1 ] It is celebrated across the United States on the second Monday in October, and is an official city and state holiday in various ...
The holiday is observed on the first Monday in September. October 8–14 (2nd Monday) Columbus Day: 1968 Honors Christopher Columbus, whose exploration of the Americas from 1492 to 1504 marked the beginning of large scale European immigration to the Americas. In some areas it is instead a celebration of Native Americans (Indigenous Peoples' Day).
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15