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Columbus Day - October 12th - 1492
This is what
The World Book Encyclopedia says about Columbus Day: 
"Columbus Day honors
Christopher Columbus' first voyage to America in 1492. Columbus Day
became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1971. It is
celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before 1971, a number of
states celebrated Columbus Day on October 12. Cities and
organizations sponsor parades and banquets on Columbus Day.
The first Columbus
Day celebration was held in 1792, when New York City celebrated the
300th anniversary of the landing. In 1892, President Benjamin
Harrison called upon the people of the United States to celebrate
Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. Columbus Day has
been celebrated annually since 1920.
Although the land
Columbus reached was not named after him, many monuments honor him.
The Republic of Colombia in South America and the District of
Columbia in the United States bear his name. So do towns, rivers,
streets, and public buildings. The name Columbia has also been used
as a poetic personification of the United States . The Columbus
Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., contains about 350,000 volumes
on the American republics." ~Above Excerpted from The World Book
Encyclopedia~
Columbus Day
Links:
Columbus Day by
There's No Place Like Home for the Holidays
Columbus Day History of Christopher
Columbus
Celebrate Columbus Day in October
Columbus Day Graphics from Great Graphics Vault
Columbus
Day - A really good
page!
Surfing the Net with Kids
- Christopher Columbus
Lycos
- Columbus Day Section
- has lots of links to check out
Biography.com has a page about: Columbus, Christopher
exhibit at the Library of Congress Web
site
Columbus Day Funology
HolidayThemes.Com has one for Columbus Day
History Links Page
Christopher Columbus Theme Page
Columbus Day!
from The Wilstar Holiday Page
Letter
from Columbus to the King and Queen
Columbus Monuments Page
Fun &
Games:
Columbus Day Word
Search Puzzle from The
Wilstar Holiday Page
Columbus Journeys from Crayola
John's
Word Search Puzzles - Kid - Columbus Day
Columbus Day greeting cards at Blue
Mountain
COLUMBUS DAY CRAFTS
Columbus Day Page from KidsDomain
Have a Happy Columbus
Day!
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