Here’s a look at what’s opened and what’s closed on Columbus Day 2025, plus how the nor’easter is impacting New York City’s plans to celebrate.

Columbus Day began 1792 as a holiday celebrated by Italian-Americans to honor Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and celebrate when he arrived in the Americas. President Franklin D. Roosevelt later ...

All United States Post Offices will be closed and mail will not be delivered Monday, Oct. 13, 2025. UPS and FedEx locations will be open on Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day and pickup and delivery ...

If you’re expecting mail, you might have to wait another day or two for it to arrive on Columbus Day 2025. Because the U.S. Postal Service is a government-run organization, it usually observes ...

And there is a museum next to the boats commemorating Columbus' life. I walked in the ships, and they were quite small ... This debate has led to the rise of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, which aims to ...

WASHINGTON — Monday is a federal holiday, Columbus Day, celebrated in some places as Indigenous Peoples Day. While most retail stores will stay open, federal and state offices will be closed and ...