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Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it's also one of the nation's most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research. Even though the event ...
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.
The city symbolically renamed Columbus Day as "Indigenous Peoples Day" beginning in 1992 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 through diseases, warfare, massacres, and forced assimilation.
Columbus Day celebrates the day Christopher Columbus landed in what would become North America in 1492. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt marked Oct. 12 as a national holiday. It was moved ...
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
The second Monday of October marks Columbus Day and Indigenous People's Day, here is what to know about the history of Columbus Day.
Some states officially celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day and others commemorate it through proclamations. More than 100 cities have replaced Columbus Day altogether with the holiday.