Columbus Day Highlights Explorer’s ‘Legacy of Faith,’ Trump Says
President Donald Trump renewed the focus of Columbus Day to be celebrated on the second Monday of October, reclaiming the explorer’s “extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue,”
“extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue”
According to the president’s proclamation, the day commemorates Columbus’ discovery of the Americas in 1492, celebrates Italian-American heritage, and acknowledges the 1891 lynchings of 11 Italian Americans.
- 1971: Second Monday in October federally recognized as Columbus Day
- 2021: Former President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation of Indigenous Peoples’ Day to be observed on the same day
Author summary: Trump renews focus on Columbus Day legacy.
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