| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, Congress, and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Oct. 12 was made a federal holiday under the name ???Columbus Day.??? It is observed on the second Monday of October (this year, Oct. 11) by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies, most state government offices, and some school districts.
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