Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

Much of the delegitimization of Christopher Columbus is attached to a similar move to delegitimize America’s Founding Fathers ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

The Trump administration has taken a keen interest in how U.S. history is presented, targeting alleged "woke" policies and institutions.

President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve ...

President Trump signed a proclamation declaring Monday's holiday to be Columbus Day, rather than Indigenous People's Day.

Environmental activists from the group Futuro Vegetal marked Spain’s National Day by throwing “biodegradable paint” on a ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- City leaders made their case Wednesday for the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in South Philadelphia. The city cited public safety concerns and feedback from the ...

There may have been anywhere from over 5,000 to over 7,500 people gathered in the Mesa Junction when Pueblo's Christopher Columbus Monument was unveiled on Oct. 12, 1905. While there was not the same ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Five years after its removal, new conversations are emerging about the Christopher Columbus statue that once stood outside of city hall. City leaders announced the statue would ...