The 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival to the Caribbean and Americas was in 1992, and Columbus, Ohio was considered a fitting place to commemorate the anniversary. The city began ...

Columbus Day is celebrated every year to honor Italian explorer Christopher Columbus’ arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Hence, on this day, kids must learn about the explorer and his ...

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day are on Monday, Oct. 14. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated it as a national holiday in 1934, according to the Library of Congress. Now a federal ...

Since 1937, the U.S. has observed the holiday on the second Monday of the month, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 arrival in the New World. It remains a federal holiday, even as many states and ...

Somehow, the 15th-century Italian explorer still got his own national holiday. But more cities and states are scrapping Columbus Day to honor the people who were here first — and who suffered greatly ...

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day both fall on the same day, but when are the holidays, and who celebrates them? Columbus Day, a federal holiday, is celebrated across the country with parades ...