However, many of the people who still celebrate Columbus Day in its original form happen to be Italian Americans. Why do ...

Christopher Columbus wasn’t actually Italian? Paesan-NO. Italian Americans and Columbus Day parade goers Monday saucily waved off the claim that new DNA evidence shows the controversial explorer ...

Biden also briefly mentioned the “xenophobic attack” against Italian Americans that was the impetus for the Columbus Day holiday, which was established by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday in 1937, according to Britannica .com. Alaska, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, ...

Columbus Day is both a celebratory and divisive day for many American communities. The current debates around Columbus Day ...

“He’s Italian, so he’s not going to accept it.” New York City officials and agencies also refer to Columbus Day as Italian Heritage Day. The second Monday of October is also called ...

Zubaer Khan/Sun-Times Share Ron Lucarini has said for years he wanted to go to Chicago’s Columbus Day parade. The Chicago Heights resident, son of an Italian father and an Italian American ...

With Indigenous Peoples' Day and Columbus Day coming up, you may be wondering what's open and closed for the holidays.

Binghamton's annual Columbus Day parade and Italian Festival returns Monday, a tradition that has taken over the streets of downtown for 64 years. The festivities will begin at 9 a.m. Monday with ...

Columbus Day, also known as Indigenous Peoples Day, is a federal holiday. Here's what is open and closed on Monday, Oct. 14.