Columbus Day in Denver. The first statewide holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905, and it was made a statutory holiday in 1907. In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus and New York City Italian leader Generoso Pope, Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed October 12 be a federal holiday under the name Columbus Day. Since 1971 (Oct. 11), the holiday has been attributed to the second Monday in October, coincidentally exactly the same day as Thanksgivingin neighboring Canada since 1957. It is generally observed nowadays by banks, the bond market,
Columbus Day from its original position near the Casa Rosada and replaced by one of Juana Azurduy. Colombia, the only country in the world with a name originated from Columbus himself, celebrates "El día de la Raza y de la Hispanidad" and is taken as an opportunity to celebrate the encounter of "the two worlds" and to reflect on the richness that the racial diversity has brought to the culture. Between 1921 and 2002, Venezuela celebrated "Día de la Raza" along with many other Latin American nations. The original holiday was officially established in 1921 under President Juan Vicente Gómez. In 2002,