Are there any states that don celebrate Columbus Day?
California The city of Berkeley celebrates Indigenous People’s Day instead of Columbus Day every year with a pow wow and Native American market. Hawaii Hawaii does not officially honor Columbus day and instead celebrates Discoverer’s Day on the same day, i.e., on the second Monday of each October. While many in Hawaii still celebrate the life of Columbus on Columbus Day, the alternative holiday also honors James Cook, the British navigator that became the first person to record the coordinates of the Hawaiian Islands and share with the world the existence of the ancient Hawaiian people and society. Some people interpret the holiday as a celebration of all discoveries relative to the ancient and modern societies of Hawaii. Neither Columbus Day nor Discoverer’s Day is regarded as a holiday by State government; state, city and county government offices and schools are open for business on Columbus Day, while Federal government offices are closed. The Hawaii, the Discoverer’s Day celebrati
