October 12th 1937 – First federal observance of Columbus Day, under President Franklin D. Tammany and held in New York City (300th anniversary of Columbus’ landing).ġ892 – President Benjamin Harrison issues a proclamation establishing a celebration of Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ landing.Īpril 7th 1907 – Colorado becomes the first state to declare Columbus Day a legal holiday.ġ920 – Columbus Day begins being celebrated annually. Timeline of Columbus Dayġ792 – The first Columbus Day celebration is organized by The Society of St. Since 1971, the holiday has been celebrated on the second Monday in October. Franklin Roosevelt established the first federal observance of Columbus Day in 1937. With a large Italian immigrant population at the time, Colorado was the first US state to make Columbus Day an official holiday. While there had been celebrations in 1792 to mark the 300th anniversary, Columbus Day was first officially proclaimed by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892, to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Bahamas. The proclamation said, “On let the people, so far as possible, cease from toil and devote themselves to such exercises as may best express honor to the discoverer and their appreciation of the great achievements of the four completed centuries of American life.” It is now generally accepted that Columbus was not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas and that Viking sailors had ventured as far as Newfoundland around 1000 AD. Instead, while trying to find a sea route to India, he made landfall on an island in the Bahamas that he named San Salvador. While the first voyage in 1492 was immensely significant, Columbus did not actually reach the American mainland until his third voyage in 1498. History of Columbus DayĬolumbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean initiated the European exploration and colonization of the Americas. It is not a legal state holidayĪccording to data from the Society for Human Resource Management, only 14% of organizations closed on Columbus Day in 2014. In Hawaii, Discovery Day is celebrated on the 2nd Monday in October, in recognition of the Polynesian discoverers of the Hawaiian Islands. In addition to a state level, in many cities, the day is now celebrated as Native Americans’ Day or Indigenous People’s Day. For a detailed list of which states observe Columbus Day, please use our state by state guide.Įven if a state observes Columbus Day as a holiday, some state offices may be still be open. Which states observe Columbus Day?Ĭolumbus Day is no longer observed in every state. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq remain open on this federal holiday. Most businesses remain open and retail stores may run special sales. It is a Federal Reserve Bank holiday, so while banks may open, some transactions will not be processed. legal federal holidays, it is not considered a major one. Though Columbus Day is one of the 10 U.S. In the USA it is observed on the Second Monday in October. federal holiday commemorates the date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas. We're available through our electronic banking optionsĪccess your accounts 24/7 with Online Banking and Mobile Banking, or use Automated Telephone Banking by calling 80, Option 1.This U.S. Christmas Eve (Saturday, December 24) – all branches and Customer Care close at noonįor our regular business hours, please visit our Locations & ATMs page.Thanksgiving Day (Thursday, November 24).Juneteenth Recognition (Monday, June 20).
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