Columbus wasn't the first European to reach the Western Hemisphere; the Vikings had landed in Newfoundland about 500 years ...

While reclaiming Columbus Day as a federal holiday, the president lashed out at Americans who have acknowledged the Italian ...

James Sisto argues that removing Columbus statues and renaming Columbus Day disrespects Italian Americans in Columbus, Ohio. He criticizes local leaders for replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous ...

Battles over Columbus Day aren't really about Christopher Columbus at all -- they're about whether America itself should exist. REUTERS Battles over Columbus Day aren’t really about Christopher ...

Columbus Day, one of the United States' 11 annual federal holidays, is just around the corner. If you have questions about the holiday and how it's celebrated in Columbus, Ohio, which is named for the ...

A statue of Christopher Columbus went on a much shorter voyage than its namesake when it was relocated within a Bergen County park on Oct. 6. Garfield officials were on hand in the morning as the ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day both fall on the same day, but when are the holidays, and who celebrates them? Columbus Day, a federal holiday, is celebrated across the country with parades ...

Mayor Eric Adams wants to landmark a pair of Big Apple Christopher Columbus statues — to protect them from mayoral front-runner and Columbus-hater Zohran Mamdani. Adams, who will leave office at the ...

A journalist, soccer fanatic and Shrewsbury Town fan, Will’s love for the game has withstood countless playoff final losses. After graduating from the University of Liverpool he wrote for a number of ...

Columbus Day is coming up in mid-October Over the past decade or so, many states have chosen to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day in place of or in addition to Columbus Day Retail stores, grocery ...

Columbus Day was founded by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 in response to the mass lynching of 11 Italian Americans in New Orleans in 1891, as per the US Embassy and Consulates in Italy.