Hawaii, South Dakota, and Nevada do not recognize Columbus Day. See the related link for more information

they oppose it because Christopher Columbus really did not discover America it was the native Americans and he ordered the native Americans to get him gold or he would kill them and he did. now should we really celebrate Columbus day

no they do not

Columbus Day is one of the official holidays of the post office and it is a federal holiday. Mail is not delivered on Columbus Day.

Columbus day falls on a different day every year and therefore the parade date also varies from year to year. In 2012 the Columbus Day Parade was held on October 8th. The parade for 2013 will be held on October 14th.

No, the post office is not open on Columbus day.

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Americans celebrate Columbus Day in recognition of the founding father of the New World, Christopher Columbus. Americans credit Christopher Columbus with the discovery of the land which made it possible to form the United States later on in history.

Columbus Day is traditionally October 12, but has become a Monday holiday closest to October 12 instead.

Most US schools are closed for the Columbus Day holiday. The US is the only country where this is true.

Because it's all down to an ancient mistake. When Cristopher Columbus set out his intention was to find another route to India - another country, another continent entirely. Then he stumbled upon America instead. But he was so convinced that he'd reached India that he called the natives "Indians" - which they are not - and the name stuck.

On top of that the native Americans aren't one homogenous group, they're a fair number of different tribes, with some fairly large cultural differences between them. Lumping them all together ignores those differences, and deny them their right to part of their history.

he stole trinkets and food from the natives.

It's already passed.

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The New York Stock Exchange will remain open for Columbus Day. The NYSE will close or did close for nine days in 2014 (New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day). The NYSE closes early on Independence Day Eve, the friday following Thanksgiving Day and on Christmas Eve Day.

Sadly, here in the United States the Columbus Day is not celebrated because "minorities" get offended. They claim that Columbus was wrong in coming to America, therefore, we should not celebrate his day. Most of these people include Indians, blacks, and SOME Hispanics (Not all Hispanics, I am Hispanic and I respect Columbus and think that we should celebrate his Day) and there are many more Hispanics who think like me.

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Columbus brought many hardships to the natives. Rape, disease, and untold horrors. As many people have came to realize over the years, he was not the first to discover America...maybe he was the only one documented officially by some high priest or governmental body. Why celebrate a day of the start of many problems for those who were unlucky enough to have met those people? Maybe we should celebrate the accomplishment and not the actual person. I've had discussions about this before to rename the day "Discovery" or something and not after the man who did so many things to the native people

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