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COLUMBUS DAY
Monday, October 13, 2008
What is Columbus Day all about?Celebrated the second Monday of October, Columbus Day is day set aside to commemorate Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas on October 12, 1492. It is also a day to celebrate the role Italian immigrants have played in making the United States great.
How did Columbus Day become a holiday?
Three hundred years passed between Columbus's discovery of the America ...
Original article from http://mariajo-beingbritish.blogspot.com/2008/10/columbus-day.html
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