There are several stores remaining open and services available on Columbus Day 2024. However, a few government offices will ...

Columbus Day is recognized as a federal holiday on the second Monday in October. While not a federal holiday, Indigenous ...

Several countries disputed origins of Columbus, the divisive explorer who led Spanish-funded expeditions from the 1490s onward.

In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Monday, October 14, is recognized as a national holiday. Learn more about it, here.

Columbus Day has been largely foregone in favor of Indigenous Peoples' Day, but some Italians see Columbus as a cultural icon ...

Monday marks both Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus, so will any businesses or services be open on the holiday? President Franklin Delano Roosevelt designated it as a national holiday in 1934, ...

The award is shared by Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson of MIT and James Robinson of the University of Chicago for their ...

Today (Monday) is Indigenous Peoples' Day in Minnesota. The state legislature approved the observance in 2023, replacing ...

The first encounter between Aztec emperor Montezuma and conquistador Hernando Cortés took place on Nov. 8, 1519 -- the latter ...

Since 1937, the U.S. has observed the holiday on the second Monday of the month, commemorating the explorer’s 1492 arrival in ...

Recent studies reveal Christopher Columbus as a Sephardic Jew, solving an age-old mystery about his origins. Key highlights ...

When Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, he had no clue the city that would eventually bear his name might have ...