10/13/2008 - 00:00
Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World on October 12, 1492. Similar holidays, celebrated as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in the Bahamas, Hispanic Day in Spain, and the newly-renamed (as of 2002) Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela, commemorate the same event.
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and no duh!
show offs!
all school close also?
Here in Abilene, Texas all schools are open for business!!!!
However all colleges are closed...Figure that one out
Yes Public Schools are closed on Columbus day
Do Banks close this day?
Yes banks are CLOSED on COLUMBUS DAY
Dont Know, I came to this page to check it out
looks like banks are going to be closed everyday from now on :)
If this happens you will not be laughing with a smiley face its scary that this can actually happen......
Better to laugh then cry : )
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