Columbus Day

Columbus Day is the annual U.S. commemoration of Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World (at San Salvador Island in the Bahamas) on October 12, 1492.

Columbus Day is a federal holiday , which occurs annually on the second Monday in October.

Additional Resources:

• What was Columbus Thinking?
• Christopher Columbus: Man and Myth
• H.I.P. Pocket Change: Columbus Day
• Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus
• Columbus and the Taíno