Columbus Day
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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 ar
First Landing of Columbus on the Shores of the New World; painting by Dióscoro Puebla (1862)
Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo), posthumous portrait by Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, c. 1520
Columbus Day Parade in New York City, 2009
The former Christopher Columbus Monument along Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico
Indigenous Peoples' Day is an official city and state holiday in various localities in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and cul
Columbus Day
…Minnesota, and parts of California, including, for example, Los Angeles County, do not recognize it and have each replaced it with celebrations of Indigenous Peoples' Day (in Hawaii, "Discoverers' Day", in South Dakota, "Native American Day") or other holidays. In the states of Delaware, Oregon and Washington, Columbus…
Celebration in Berkeley, California, 2012