I just read the list in the newspaper and was surprised to see the federal offices and post office are closed. Some schools are too, but that depends on the individual school.

I'm not sure... But it's the same thing as Columbus Day in the USA.

because if he hadnt of come to the new land none of us except the Indians would be here granted he wasnt the first person to discover the new land but he was the first to record it clearly so that other people could follow his lead.i understand why the Indians are so mad but everybody else should be at least a little bit grateful

There are a ton of national holidays in the United states. If schools were closed for all of them, there would be no school. So, school districts pick the most important days to be closed and Columbus day doesn't make the cut fur most schools, especially when it has several negative connotations and a bit of a problematic history. Several states have changed it to indigenous peoples day.

No. Columbus Day observes in Florida as an Observance

which state celebrate Columbus day? do we have work on this said day?

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People celebrate Eriksson day rather than Columbus day because the Vikings discovered America before Columbus did, so they want to give the Vikings credit.

Thomas Edison had many inventions that are still in use today. These inventions include the tin foil phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, electricity, the motion picture player, and many others.

Columbus Day was first celebrated in Colorado in 1906. Columbus Day is celebrated on October 12th each year. It celebrates Christopher Columbus arrival in the Americas.

columbus day is consisered bad , because christopher columbus didnt really discover america. it already had civilization on it . in the pocess of "discovering" america he did capture and enslave inhabitants that where alrady there.

No, there are no federal or provincial (official) celebrations of Columbus day, that is purely an American phenomenon. Unofficially, I've never seen or heard anyone mention it either, and only know of it from American tv.

No, it's an official government day when most offices, including post offices, are closed. Express mail may be an exception. For more accurate and up to the date information, check your local post office website for whichever service you are using.

Because Columbus discovered America

Hillsborough County does have school on Columbus day.

Columbus day was an official state holiday in Colorado since 1906 and an official federal holiday in 1937, but have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century.

Columbians, no Spanish, No Italian. Yep, That's it. Italian.

Its largely a matter of opinion, but we all learned about the exploits of Columbus in history, he is a central figure of all American history, both North and South. So, yes for that reason alone. Is there another man who is the subject of so many monuments in the Europe and the Americas? We have come to see Columbus as a person of mixed character: heroic in taking the large risks of heading out to sea to prove his theory of worl geography, villainous in taking natives as prisoners to Spain, generous with his own life as a risk taker for God and Queen, selfish in his pursuit of gold, a man of faith who sought to bring Christianity to the pagans all the while recognizing himself as a sinner in many of his personal choices, among them adultery with a mistress who bore his second son. The large men's organization , the Knights of Columbus, was instrumental in having this day set as a special remembrance to its honoree. It now numbers over 1.7 millioin members. " The Order was founded 10 years before the 400th anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the New World and in a time of renewed interest in him. Columbus was a hero to many American Catholics, and the naming him as patron was partly an attempt to bridge the division between the Irish-Catholic founders of the Order and Catholic immigrants of other nationalities living in Connecticut. The Connecticut Catholic ran an editorial in 1878 that illustrated the esteem in which American Catholics held Columbus. "As American Catholics we do not know of anyone who more deserves our grateful remembrance than the great and noble man - the pious, zealous, faithful Catholic, the enterprising navigator, and the large-hearted and generous sailor: Christopher Columbus."[9] The name of Columbus was also partially intended as a mild rebuke to Anglo-Saxon Protestant leaders, who upheld the explorer (a Catholic Genovese Italian working for Catholic Spain) as an American hero, yet simultaneously sought to marginalize recent Catholic immigrants. In taking Columbus as their patron, they were sending the message that not only could Catholics be full members of American society, but were, in fact, instrumental in its foundation."

There are a couple: Columbus Day in the United Sates: Dia de la Raza in most of Latin America: Discovery Day, Dia de las Culturas, Dia de la Hispanidad, National Day, and Dia de la Resistencia Indigena are all used as well.

Also American names: Discoverer's day and Pioneer's day

Mr sir no

lanterns are mainly red in China

because in Chinese culture, people believe red can bring people good luck

so red lanterns means family unity, success in business, fortune, brightness, energy, perfection and wealth....

Yes, look at edd website

It is known as el 12 de octubre, Día de la Hispanidad, Fiesta Nacional de España, Día de la Raza, Descubrimieto de América, Día de las Américas, and Día de las Culturas in different countries. Columbus Day in Spanish countries is a bit confusing to match each of the countries up, but from what I've seen and read around, it looks like this:

Día de la Hispanidad = Spain

Fiesta Nacional de España = Spain

Día de la Raza = Latin America

Descrubrimieto de América = Mexico

Día de las Américas = Uruguay

Día de las Culturas = Costa Rica

• Franklin D Roosevelt was the President that officially proclaimed Columbus Day to be a national holiday in 1937, though there is record that Benjamin Harrison recognized the day as cause for celebration on the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing (in the Bahamas) in 1892.
• Additionally, it was President Richard Nixon who, in 1971, changed the date of the holiday from October 12th to the "second Monday of October."