The 2nd Monday in October is Columbus Day. This year it is today, October 11, 2013. Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas, which happened on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday. Columbus Day became a federal holiday in the United States in 1937. San Francisco claims the nation's oldest continuously existing celebration with the Italian-American community's annual Columbus Day Parade, which was established in 1868, while New York City boasts the largest.
Nice info -- :redface-new: It was surprising to hear ---some schools were closed- some were open. Some banks were closed - - some open. I guess when you are retired -- every day is a Holiday, so to speak !
