Columbus Day: Why is it Celebrated
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The article called, Christopher Columbus states, “Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the New World on October 12, 1492” (“Christopher columbus”). In the United States, “The first Columbus Day celebration took place in 1792, when New York’s Columbian Order-better known as Tammany Hall-held an event to commemorate the historic landing’s 300th anniversary” (“Christopher columbus”). According to the newspaper article, October Holiday Columbus Day written by Roy Nuhn states, “The first state to recognize it as a holiday was Colorado in 1905” (Nuhn, 2011).
About 4 years later, in the year of 1910, more states started to celebrate. It was “. . . legal in New York, Montana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined the crowd in 1910” (Nuhn, 2011). This day would not been declared if it was for President Roosevelt in the year of 1937. Roosevelt asked all forty-eight states to recognize Columbus Day as a national holiday. Today this day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day is not only celebrated because Columbus founded the New World, but because people celebrate their Italian-American heritage and to remember the indigenous people.
About 4 years later, in the year of 1910, more states started to celebrate. It was “. . . legal in New York, Montana, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut. Massachusetts and Rhode Island joined the crowd in 1910” (Nuhn, 2011). This day would not been declared if it was for President Roosevelt in the year of 1937. Roosevelt asked all forty-eight states to recognize Columbus Day as a national holiday. Today this day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Columbus Day is not only celebrated because Columbus founded the New World, but because people celebrate their Italian-American heritage and to remember the indigenous people.
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Columbus Day consist of parades with costumes and music, festivals, and food. President Harrison wanted Columbus Day to be celebrated with festivities. President Harrison wrote, “On that day, let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American Life” ("Columbus day,").
On top of all the celebrations, many postcards were being published. They had Columbus Day celebrations on the postcards and statues of Columbus in black-and-white ink. “The most commonly seen card is Vanderlyn’s famous painting of Columbus’ landing on the San Salvador” (Nuhn, 2011). One interesting fact about this painting is that it is in the rotunda of the Capital in Washington, D.C. Today Columbus Day is considered a National Holiday. This means that there are many schools, banks, post offices, and other government offices that are closed to remember what Columbus has done.
On top of all the celebrations, many postcards were being published. They had Columbus Day celebrations on the postcards and statues of Columbus in black-and-white ink. “The most commonly seen card is Vanderlyn’s famous painting of Columbus’ landing on the San Salvador” (Nuhn, 2011). One interesting fact about this painting is that it is in the rotunda of the Capital in Washington, D.C. Today Columbus Day is considered a National Holiday. This means that there are many schools, banks, post offices, and other government offices that are closed to remember what Columbus has done.