In 2021, President Joe Biden formally recognized the second Monday in October as both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day.
January 01, 2021
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A federal recognition that designates the same calendar day for both observances.
Columbus Day has been a federal holiday in the United States since 1971.
January 01, 1971
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U.S. federal holiday status.
Columbus Day was founded in 1892, and part of the motivation cited for its founding was the extrajudicial lynching of 11 Italian Americans in New Orleans after the death of a local police chief.
January 01, 1892
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The holiday's founding is tied to late 19th-century events affecting Italian-American communities.