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National holiday in the Americas
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, intended to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. He went ashore at Guanahaní, an island in the Bahamas, on October 12, 1492 [OS]. He built La Navidad on the northwestern coast of the island of Hispaniola in late December 1492, the first European fort in the Americas.
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The president hailed the Italian explorer, whom many deride as violent, as a hero over the weekend.