In 1972, Richard Nixon declared Columbus Day a time to “celebrate the memorable achievements of the great navigator and explorer whose vision and daring led to much of the permanent settlement of the ...

Facts: Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal federal holiday in 1971, many states celebrated Columbus Day on October 12. It marks Christopher Columbus' ...

Why are you at work? It’s Columbus Day!! It is only rampant anti-Italianism that prevents Houstonians from getting a three-day weekend to celebrate the guy who was among the first dozen or so people ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

Columbus statues were defaced in Virginia and Boston. As cities and organizations across the country continue to take down monuments, memorials and other symbols of hate, one controversial historical ...

Here is a look at Columbus Day. October 9, 2017 - Columbus Day. Facts: Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal federal holiday in 1971, many states ...

Here is a look at Columbus Day (also known as Indigenous Peoples Day in some jurisdictions). In 2018, they are celebrated on October 8. Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October.

(CNN) — Here is a look at Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. In 2025, both are celebrated on October 13. Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal ...