Columbus Day celebrates the day Christopher Columbus landed in what would become North America in 1492. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt marked Oct. 12 as a national holiday.

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.

Columbus Day marks the Italian explorer's arrival in the Americas in 1492. Columbus Day is a federal holiday, but some states have begun calling it Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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The day was originally recognized to mark Columbus' arrival in America back in 1492. According to Britannica.com, "Italian immigrants in the United States began celebrating Columbus Day in 1792." ...

On Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day, people can expect the following to be closed: Government offices: Federal, state, and city offices are closed, including the DMV, libraries, courts, and ...