Today, more than 130 cities and 15 states have chosen to either celebrate both, or solely dedicate the day for the Native American people. So, if you’re one of the lucky people who don’t have work today, now’s your chance to educate yourself on Native American culture and learn more about the origins of our nation! Charles Curtis serves as the first U.S. Vice President of Native American descent under President Herbert Hoover. In the Bahamas, people call it Discovery Day. Many cities in the United States hold parades that day.Every state in USA celebrates this day in its own way.Like, Baltimore claims to have the “Oldest Continuous Marching Parade in America” that celebrates Columbus Day. In August 1500 people demanded Columbus be arrested and a royal commissioner dispatched to Hispaniola and brought Columbus back to Spain in chains, however, King Ferdinand still granted the explorer his freedom and subsidized a fourth voyage. In 1934, after the proclamation of the President of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, it became a federal holiday. During the 19th century, Columbus Day celebrations grew to become celebrations of Italian-American culture (and thus tended to be denounced by anti-immigrant and anti-Catholic activists). It is a day that is not only celebrated in many parts of North America, but also parts of Latin America and the Caribbean. The same year, replicas of Columbus’s three ships were exhibited at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1907, Colorado became the first state to declare Columbus Day an official state holiday. Share them with your friends. function fbl_init(){ For more than 200 years, Columbus Day has been celebrated in the month of October. window.fbAsyncInit = function() {