Columbus Day is both a celebratory and divisive day for many American communities. The current debates around Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day often pit one against the other. But the American ...

Communities move away from commemorating Columbus holiday. Oct. 12, 2009 -- While Federal government offices in Washington, D.C. are closed for Columbus Day, students in Maryland, just a few miles ...

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilization to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era's ...

Columbus Day — which commemorates Christopher Columbus' 1492 landing in America — is the ninth federal holiday of 2025, and as such, it could possibly impact your banking, mail deliveries and work ...

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 ...