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(between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506)


The first Columbus Day celebration took place on October
12, 1792, when the Columbian Order of New York, better
known as
Tammany Hall
, held an event to commemorate
the 300th anniversary of the historic landing.
 

In 1966, Mariano A. Lucca, from Buffalo, New York, founded
the National Columbus Day Committee, which lobbied to
make Columbus Day a federal holiday.      

These efforts were successful and legislation to create
Columbus Day as a
federal holiday
was signed by then
President Lyndon Johnson
(below) on June 28, 1968,
to be effective beginning in 1971.       

      
What Is the Origin and Significance of Columbus Day?
    
   
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 Learn About Christopher Columbus - Why Do We Celebrate Columbus Day?        
       

       
 
       
       

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