Columbus Day, 2025

What Proclamation 2025-19563 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 196 (Tuesday, October 14, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 196 (Tuesday, October 14, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 48249-48250] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-19563] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 196 / Tuesday, October 14, 2025 / Presidential Documents [[Page 48249]] Proclamation 10980 of October 9, 2025 Columbus Day, 2025 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Today our Nation honors the legendary Christopher Columbus--the original American hero, a giant of Western civilization, and one of the most gallant and visionary men to ever walk the face of the earth. This Columbus Day, we honor his life with reverence and gratitude, and we pledge to reclaim his extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue from the left-wing arsonists who have sought to destroy his name and dishonor his memory. Born in Genoa, Italy in 1451, Columbus quickly emerged as a titan of the Age of Exploration. On August 3, 1492, following years of intense study, preparation, and petitioning, Christopher Columbus secured funding from the Spanish Crown to set out on a daring expedition that most believed to be impossible. Commissioned by Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, Columbus and his crew boarded three small ships--the...

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