President Donald Trump signed a "Columbus Day" proclamation Thursday, saying, "We're back, Italians." "We're calling it Columbus Day," Trump said. The proclamation honors the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and officially recognizes the second Monday in October as Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1937. Recently, states across the country have commemorated the day as Indigenous Peoples Day to acknowledge the genocide and land theft of native people that was committed aft
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President Donald Trump signed a "Columbus Day" proclamation Thursday, saying, "We're back, Italians." "We're calling it Columbus Day," Trump said. The proclamation honors the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and officially recognizes the second Monday in October as Columbus Day, which has been a federal holiday since 1937. Recently, states across the country have commemorated the day as Indigenous Peoples Day to acknowledge the genocide and land theft of native people that was committed aft
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