Columbus Day

HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY

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Happy Columbus Day. What is Columbus Day?  The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica definition is as follows:

Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples’ Day, in the United Statesholiday (originally October 12; since 1971 the second Monday in October) to commemorate the landing of Christopher Columbus on October 12, 1492, in the New World. Columbus Day is celebrated on Monday, October 11, 2021.

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Shelley Heaton