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Principal issues Columbus Day apology
October 18, 2011 | WFXT FOX 25 Boston, MA

Principal Sparks Debate Over Holidays
October 14, 2011 | WCVB ABC 5 Boston MA

Principal: Fall holidays are insensitive
October 14, 2011 | WFXT FOX 25 Boston, MA

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Columbus Day is a holiday celebrating the anniversary of the October 12, 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Similar holidays, celebrated as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America, Día de las Culturas (Day of the Cultures) in Costa Rica, Discovery Day in The Bahamas, Día de la Hispanidad in Spain, Discoverer's Day in Hawaii,...

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Happy Columbus Day
October 10, 2011
It’s my birthday beezies, I’m taking the day off.

Random thoughts on Columbus Day
October 09, 2011
For the first time since 1985, I have Columbus Day off. Yes, that's when I was the autumn of my 6th grade. Thank you for doing that math. I never really thought...

Sara Joseph: Columbus Day Questions
October 03, 2011
Oct. 3, 2011 - Many of us will never forget that famous elementary school rhyme: "In fourteen hundred ninety-two / Columbus sailed the ocean blue." At the time,...

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Briefs: Columbus Day closures
October 09, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
Federal government offices, county courthouses and banks are closed today in observance of Columbus Day. In addition, there is no postal delivery service for the day. City,...

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Anderson Cooper Apologizes For Calling Dyngus Day' So Stupid'
April 12, 2012 | Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton
It's like criticizing Arbor Day, Columbus Day, or National Mustache Day. Sure, they do not mean that much to a lot of people, but they COULD mean a little to a few people....

GAME 1 PREVIEW: OPENING DAY!
April 05, 2012 | Gaslamp Ball
If you have Time Warner or on AT&T U-Verse, you probably did not realize that today is the first day of baseball, or as I like to call it,'' The National Holiday That Should Replace Columbus Day ...

The Season of Hope: April Brings With It Excitement for the Future
April 05, 2012 | Behind the Steel Curtain
So, I am reduced to poring over a list of glorified scrimmages, most of which will be forgotten long before Columbus Day unless there is some disaster like a major injury. The...

WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: It's okay to observe Columbus Day. "It is a holiday to celebrate...
October 10, 2011 | Instapundit
WALTER RUSSELL MEAD: It's okay to observe Columbus Day.'' It is a holiday to celebrate diversity, not to commemorate the imperial outreach of Ferdinand and Isabella, a...

PC Educator of the Week: Thanksgiving, Columbus Day are Insensitive Holidays
October 15, 2011 | michellemalkin.com
* * Written by Doug Powers This story comes to us from Somerville, Massachusetts. All I know is that if I lived there I would definitely be home-schooling by now. From the...

Columbus Day parade takes place without incident
October 08, 2011 | Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
Floats, motorcyclists and other vehicles donning Italian flags traversed a chilly and wet path this morning in downtown Denver to celebrate Columbus Day. ...

Columbus Day on twitter

	My daughter's band playing at the WHite House!!! CHS Knights Marching Band Washington DC, Columbus Day, 2010: http://t.co/5P6URRh7 via Twitter: @TiaHairston
	Columbus Day Holiday may be under threat by the Italians! http://t.co/4LLbxubg Twitter: @cancelloest
	@JRobicheaux @DannonDieterich its like Columbus day. Once a year and no one is really sure it happened once it occurs. Twitter: @am_benton
	@joshkille :D http://t.co/Rk58LeB5 Twitter: @painteddag
	@ArtsPittsfield They are booked up on our wknd and we need alternatives. Columbus Day wknd is very popular with leaf peepers & alumni. Thxs. Twitter: @phs77ma
	Watching tv and this lady thought the pilgrims is apart of Columbus day. #highschooldropout #repogames Twitter: @fsu_flyer