It’s still April, but President Donald Trump is already letting Americans know that the October day widely acknowledged to be ...

In fact, Columbus Day became a nationally celebrated holiday following a mass lynching of Italians in New Orleans—the largest incident of lynching in American history. In 1892—the 400th ...

Columbus Day is months away, but it's on the mind of President Donald Trump, who shared a post April 27 on his social media website, Truth Social, saying he would be bringing the holiday "back ...

Biden recognized the complicated history of Indigenous Peoples and Columbus Day saying U.S. policies have systematically "sought to assimilate and displace Native people and eradicate Native ...

Though Trump has long objected to telling the country's history through a lens of diversity and oppression ... American immigrants in New Orleans in 1891 that led to the first Columbus Day celebration ...

Columbus Day has long been controversial, since the explorer never landed on the North American mainland and was a “homicidal tyrant who initiated the two greatest crimes in the history of the ...

Last week, President Trump announced he won’t recognize Indigenous Peoples Day and will bring Columbus Day “back from the ashes” — another sign some Native leaders say that advocacy for ...

That move did not rename Columbus Day. Former Vice President Kamala Harris condemned the “shameful” history of the U.S. during a 2021 Columbus Day address. “Those explorers ushered in a wave ...

Instead, Trump will focus on Columbus Day and its namesake explorer despite the dark history and legacy of Christopher Columbus. Trump announces that he’s ‘bringing Columbus Day back’ Trump ...

Columbus Day is observed on the second Monday of October ... methods were inappropriate and violent, according to The History Channel. A royal commissioner arrested him in 1500, and he lost ...

“We are committed to presenting this history in its entirety ... new monument to immigrants to replace the Columbus statue.