Columbus Day

American holidays USA.gov

• https://www.usa.gov/holidays Jul 14, 2023 “The United States recognizes 12 federal holidays. Learn about federal, state, and cultural holidays celebrated in the U.S. Many government offices and some private businesses close on annual federal holidays. Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)” USA.gov

Columbus Doors Architect of the Capitol (AOC)

• https://www.aoc.gov/explore-capitol-campus/art/columbus-doors Dec 18, 2024 "The Columbus Doors, also called the Rogers Doors or Rotunda Doors, stand imposingly at the east entrance to the U.S. Capitol Building. At the pinnacle is a bust of Columbus, surrounded by rays and oak leaves, signifying his rising to glory. A running border is ornamented with Indian headdresses and emblems of conquest, navigation, the arts and sciences, history, agriculture, and commerce. The four figures symbolizing the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and America indicate the entire world's acknowledgement of Columbus's accomplishment. Between the panels are sculpted heads of historians and others whose writings on Columbus's voyage were the bases for the scenes depicted." U.S. Capitol Building

How Columbus Sailed Into U.S. History, Thanks To Italians Lakshmi Gandhi

• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/14/232120128/how-columbus-sailed-into-u-s-history-thanks-to-italians Oct 14, 2013 "It's been 521 years since the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus "sailed the ocean blue/in fourteen hundred and ninety-two." Since then, there have been thousands of parades, speeches and statues commemorating Columbus, along with a critical rethinking of his life and legacy." NPR

Indigenous People's Day is a federal holiday now. Activists want to drop Columbus Day Ashley Brown, Lauren Hodges, Emma Bowman

• https://www.npr.org/2021/10/11/1045084634/indigenous-peoples-day-is-a-federal-holiday-now-activists-want-to-drop-columbus- Oct 11, 2021 "This year marks the first time a U.S. president has officially proclaimed an Indigenous Peoples' Day observance. But not every state or city broadly recognizes this day in honor of Native Americans." NPR

2022 Holiday Schedule

• https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/federal-holidays Oct 10, 2022 "Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes the public holidays listed in these pages for Federal employees. Please note that most Federal employees work on a Monday through Friday schedule. For these employees, when a holiday falls on a nonworkday -- Saturday or Sunday -- the holiday usually is observed on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday)...The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) serves as the chief human resources agency and personnel policy manager for the Federal Government." OPM.Gov

Government of Canada Public Holidays Canada.ca

• https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/tax/public-holidays.html Sep 26, 2023 Canada Public holidays for 2023: Thanksgiving Day - Monday, October 9, 2023 Canada.ca

Day of the Dead: From Aztec goddess worship to modern Mexican celebration Kirby Farah

• https://theconversation.com/day-of-the-dead-from-aztec-goddess-worship-to-modern-mexican-celebration-124962 Oct 28, 2019 "While Halloween has its origins in pagan and Christian traditions, Day of the Dead has indigenous roots as a celebration of the Aztec goddess of death...Aztec mythology tells that Mictecacihuatl was sacrificed as a baby and magically grew to adulthood in the underworld, where she married. With her husband, she presided over the underworld." The Conversation

Christopher Columbus Reaches the "New World" | History of the World | BBC Timestamp 2:58

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4ultcD4BN4 Jul 26, 2018 Explorer Christopher Columbus ventured across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain for the first time in 1492. Aiming to reach Asia, he instead stumbled upon the Americas, arriving at what we believe to now be the Bahamas. BBC Timestamp

Indigenous Peoples' Day :28

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tafi_181EA Oct 11, 2021 On your calendars it might say that today is Columbus Day, but as of last Friday, President Biden issued the first presidential proclamation of “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” KCAU-TV Sioux City

Ask History: Did Columbus Really Discover America? | History 2:08

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efIJuhM58SU&t Jun 6, 2014 Did Columbus really discover America? Get the full story. #AskHistory HISTORY

The History of Columbus Day | National Geographic 2:42

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QtmM4EqXZo&t Oct 8, 2017 What is Columbus Day? Why do we celebrate it? Find out the history of the holiday, the 1492 voyage it commemorates, and the controversy it has ignited. National Geographic

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day | Daily Bellringer 5:01

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMfP7vFdumI Oct 6, 2021 Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day: In 1492, Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas discovering North America for Europeans. Columbus Day was established to celebrate that event but in recent years the holiday has been questioned due to Columbus's treatment of Native People in the Americas. Indigenous Peoples' Day was established to celebrate the culture and history of Native American cultures. The Daily Bellringer Questions below:

• 1. TRUE OR FALSE: Columbus was sailing west to prove the world was round.

• 2. What president officially recognized Columbus Day as a holiday?

• 3. What did Columbus order Native People to find for him?

• 4. How many states have officially moved from Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day?

• 5. Do you believe states should continue to celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?

Columbus's Most Prized Possession 2:23

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4t-DsWUkU Aug 26, 2010 On January 5, 1502, prior to his fourth and final voyage to America, Columbus gathered several judges and notaries in his home in Seville. The purpose? To have them authorize copies of his archival collection of original documents through which Isabel and Fernando had granted titles, revenues, powers and privileges to Columbus and his descendants. These 36 documents are popularly called "Columbus' Book of Privileges." Four copies of his "Book" existed in 1502, three written on vellum and one on paper. The Library's copy, one of the three on vellum, has a unique paper copy of the Papal Bull Dudum siquidem of September 26, 1493, which extended the Spanish claim for future explorations.  Library of Congress

History of the Holidays: Columbus Day | History 4:27

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiWVE4bxbKA Oct 8, 2009 How Columbus Day came to be celebrated. HISTORY

History of the Holidays Columbus Day Business Man History 3:43

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VSduxgT6U Oct 8, 2009 Christopher Columbus is known as many things, but he was also a master businessman. HISTORY

Christopher Columbus - Explorer | Mini Bio | BIO 3:16

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My8Vd-NZ8Qo&t Nov 7, 2012 Christopher Columbus (c. 1451 to May 20, 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator. In 1492, he sailed across the Atlantic from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to India. Between 1492 and 1504, he made a total of four voyages to the Caribbean and South America and has been credited for opening up the Americas to European colonization. Biography

Do you believe people and states should continue to celebrate Columbus Day? Why or why not?

History vs. Christopher Columbus - Alex Gendler 5:54

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GD3dgiDreGc&t Oct 13, 2014 Many people in the United States and Latin America have grown up celebrating the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s voyage. But was he an intrepid explorer who brought two worlds together or a ruthless exploiter who brought colonialism and slavery? And did he even discover America at all? Alex Gendler puts Columbus on the stand in History vs. Christopher Columbus. Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill. TEDEd View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/history-vs-christopher-columbus-alex-gendler