Columbus Day 2008 Calendar | Columbus day holidays and closings
Columbus DAY 2008
Monday October 13 is Columbus Day, a federal holiday. The following public services will be affected:
•Schools: Chicago Public Schools will be closed. Most parochial and suburban schools also will be closed.
•Government offices: Federal, county and city offices will be closed.
•Postal service: No mail delivery.
•Courts: Federal, state and county courts will be closed, except for Cook County Central Bond Court.
•Banks: Most will be closed.
•Parking: Meters must be fed.
•Transit: CTA, Pace and Metra will run on weekday schedules.
Columbus Day
Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar, as an official holiday. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, as Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, as Discovery Day in The Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day) and National Day in Spain, and as Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance) in Venezuela.
Columbus day celebrations commemorate the Genoese explorer’s first expedition across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492. Columbus, on commission by the Spanish monarchy, was hoping to find a new naval route to India and the other nations of the East, but instead found the American continent which was virtually unknown to Europeans at the time. Columbus’s sailor Rodrigo de Triana was the first on the voyage to spot land in the New World; he found the island the natives called Guanahani at approximately 2:00 AM on October 12, 1492. The exact location of this island is unknown, though it was somewhere in the Bahamas. Columbus’s expedition launched the first large-scale European colonization of the Americas.
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Many countries in the World celebrate Columbus Day - the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s
arrival in the Americas as an official holiday.
In canada Columbus Day and Thanksgiving Day fall on the same date.
Columbus Day - Columbus’ arrival in the Americas:
Columbus Day celebrations commemorate the Genoese explorer’s first expedition across the Atlantic
Ocean in 1492.
Columbus Day Story:
Columbus Day came when Columbus, on commission by the Spanish monarchy, was hoping to find a new
naval route to India and the other nations of the East, but instead found the American continent
which was virtually unknown to Europeans at the time.
On that Columbus Day story Columbus’s sailor Rodrigo de Triana was the first on the voyage to spot
land in the New World.
On the Columbus Day Rodrigo found the island the natives called Guanahani at approximately 2:00 AM
on October 12, 1492.
On Columbus Day the exact location of the island where columbus arrived is unknown, though it was
somewhere in the Bahamas.
On the Columbus Day Columbus’s expedition launched the first large-scale European colonization
of the Americas.
COLUMBUS DAY DATE:
Columbus Day as per columbus arrived america on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar
and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar.
Columbus Day Date:
second Monday in October in USA
October 12 actual / traditional
Columbus Day 2007 date:
October 8 in USA
Columbus Day 2008 date:
October 13 in USA
Columbus Day 2009 date:
October 12 in USA
Columbus Day - Many names in many countries:
Columbus Day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States.
Columbus Day is Día de la Raza or Day of the Race in many countries in Latin America.
Columbus Day is Día de las Culturas or Day of the Cultures in Costa Rica.
Columbus Day is Discovery or Day in The Bahamas.
Columbus Day is Día de la Hispanidad Hispanic or Day and National Day in Spain.
Columbus Day is Día de la Resistencia Indígena or Day of Indigenous Resistance in Venezuela.
