Columbus Day Weekend 2010

It's Columbus Day weekend! I don't know about you but I love to grab a ham at the store cover it in honey glaze and cook a nice meal on Columbus Day weekend! Columbus Day is such an important holiday and we should all enjoy it!

Washington, DC honors and celebrates the achievements of Christopher Columbus with a national wreath laying ceremony on Columbus Day, on October 11, 2010 at 11 a.m. Embassies of Italy and Spain and the general public will lay wreaths at the base of the Columbus Memorial Statue located at Union Station at Massachusetts Ave. & 1st St. The memorial is a large fountain with carvings of a native American, an elderly European, the figure of "Discovery" on the prow of a ship, and a globe.


A little history:Columbus Day is celebrated the 2nd Monday in October. Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) is credited with "discovering" America in 1492. The Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain and Statue in Washington DC were dedicated June 8, 1912. The Statue is beautiful and a must see! It has been the focal point for yearly celebrations since that time to honor this Italian navigator and discoverer. Columbus Day was declared a national holiday in 1971.

So enjoy the day that is marked as the discovering of America and if you don't already have plans for Columbus Day you can head to DC to celebrate on Oct 11, 2010 at 11am.

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