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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Columbus_DayColumbus Day - Wikipedia

    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. Columbus went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492.

  2. Jan 4, 2010 · Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, and Columbus Day 2024 occurs on Monday, October 14.

  3. Sep 25, 2024 · Columbus Day, in the United States, holiday (originally October 12; since 1971 the second Monday in October) to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the New World. Learn more about the history of Columbus Day in this article.

  4. Columbus Day, which is on the second Monday of October, celebrates Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This is an important date in many Italian-American communities; it is controversial in some Native American communities.

  5. www.britannica.com › story › columbus-dayColumbus Day | Britannica

    Columbus Day commemorates the landing of Italian-born navigator Christopher Columbus in the New World—i.e., the Americas—on October 12, 1492. It is a federal holiday in the United States, observed on the second Monday in October.

  6. Columbus Day is a holiday in the United States that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the New World. It occurs on the second Monday in October. Columbus was a native of Genoa, Italy, and over the years Italian Americans took up the cause of honouring his achievement.

  7. Oct 2, 2022 · A federal holiday celebrated the second Monday of each October, Columbus Day arose out of a late 19th century movement to honor Italian American heritage at a time when Italian...

  8. Oct 8, 2021 · In commemoration of Christopher Columbus’s historic voyage 529 years ago, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 (36 U.S.C. 107), as amended, has requested the...

  9. Columbus Day is celebrated in the United States and most other South American countries to commemorate the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas on October 12th 1492. After October 12th 1970 it was decided to fix the second Monday of October as the official Columbus Day and has remained so since then.

  10. Oct 9, 2023 · Columbus Day marks Italian explorer Christopher Columbus' landing in the New World on October 12, 1492. The holiday is celebrated on the second Monday of every October, and this year it is...

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