Columbus Day

Columbus day is a national holiday in many countries. They celebrate columbus day because is the anniversary of columbus arrival in the Discovery of the American continent on October 12,1492. The landing is celebrated as Columbus day in the united states. In other states they have different names for “Columbus Day”. For Example in america latin is called “Dia De La Espanidad”  and “Fiesta National” in spain. These holidays were celebrated since the 18th century. And its officially  in various countries since the early 20th. Columbus day was first became an official state holiday in colorado in 1906. It also became in official holiday in the united states in 1937. Though people have celebrated columbus voyage since the colonial period.