Donald Trump claimed he was "bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes" in a social media post. The holiday, however, has been a consistent federal holiday since 1971. Donald Trump says he's ...

Columbus Day has been a federal holiday since 1937, and there are dozens of Columbus Day parades across the U.S. in October, though the exact number changes a little year to year. Some of the ...

Trump posted on Truth Social, a social media outlet owned by the president, saying he will bring Columbus Day back from the ashes. "Christopher is going to make a major comeback.

Columbus Day, which commemorates the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas on October 12, 1492, was officially recognized as a national holiday by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1934.

Despite what Trump says, Columbus Day remains a federal holiday, as it has for decades, and is observed on the second Monday in October. Some cities and states — including Alaska, Oregon ...

Columbus Day, the federal holiday put in place to recognize Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus, has its share of critics and a countering holiday celebration, but it has never been removed from ...

The occasion was made a federal holiday in 1968 under former President Lyndon Johnson. “I’m bringing Columbus Day back from the ashes,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.

Trump claimed Democrats undermined Christopher Columbus' legacy by including Indigenous People's Day on the same holiday.

Trump claimed Democrats undermined Christopher Columbus' legacy by including Indigenous People's Day on the same holiday.

Though Trump has long objected to telling the country's history through a lens of diversity and oppression, the holiday he seeks to restore to its primacy was added to the calendar as a nod to the ...

Communities move away from commemorating Columbus holiday. Oct. 12, 2009 -- While Federal government offices in Washington, D.C. are closed for Columbus Day, students in Maryland, just a few miles ...