Trump says he is repeating the day of Columbus. It has never been canceled.
President Trump announced on Sunday that he will restore “Columbus a day of ashes” and re -celebrate as a holiday.
“I am repeated on this day of Columbus in the same rules, dates and sites, as was the case throughout the many decades before!” The president said in a position on the social truth, referring to the federal holiday that was named for Christopher Columbus, the Italian explorer who sailed to the Americas on behalf of Spain more than 500 years ago.
The holiday has long been criticized by those who condemn the explorer to pave the way for European colonialism, which brought catastrophic diseases and led to the elimination of the indigenous population in America.
But the day of Columbus has never been canceled as a federal holiday, and it is still on the second Monday in October referred to this way in the United States, and for many, it is still an important part of the Italian American heritage.
With his announcement, Mr. Trump seemed to refer to an announcement issued by former President Joseph R. Biden Junior in 2021. This decree also admitted today that it is the day of the indigenous peoples, which recognizes the original societies that lived in the Americas for thousands of years, and called for celebration alongside Columbus day.
“The Democrats have done everything that can be destroyed by Christopher Columbus, his reputation, and all the Italians who love him a lot,” and Mr. Trump claimed his position on social media on Sunday.
In 2021, Mr. Biden became the first American president Officially recognizes The day of the indigenous peoples, pledges to “honor the first residents of America and the tribal nations that are still flourishing today.”
But Mr. Biden did not restore the long vacation, which is still officially Known as Columbus Day. While several states and dozens of cities Learn about The original people’s day, not a federal holiday, although there was there Exhibition efforts in Congress To make it one.
Mr. Biden’s 2021 announcement came amid a major public debate over the erasing of the indigenous population at the Christopher Columbus celebrations, whose decline in North America led centuries of exploitation and slaughter from the indigenous American population. at that time , Dozens of Christopher Columbus statues were droppedMany in the midst of protests that follow the life of blacks that followed the death of George Floyd in May 2020.