President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934. Trump has long complained about Democrats tearing down statues of Columbus, a complaint he made again in ...

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 year.

Organizers of the 39-year-old Columbus Italian Festival, traditionally held on Columbus Day weekend, were not given advance notice of the city's decision, said board member Joseph Contino.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1934. Trump has long complained about Democrats tearing down statues of Columbus, a complaint he made again in ...

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day are observed in October each year. Here's when the federal holiday is in 2023, plus a brief history lesson.

The first Columbus Day celebration recorded in the United States was held in New York in 1792. On Oct. 12 — the day in 1492 that Columbus and his ships made landfall not in Asia, as the explorer ...

I’m an educator. Our schools must teach students the whole truth about Columbus. When my high school students discussed what they learned in elementary school, their depiction — of a heroic ...

Columbus Day was proclaimed a national holiday in 1934 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to mark Christopher Columbus' arrival on the Bahamian island of Guanahaní on Oct. 12, 1492.