"groups promoting this interest are state historical societies, women's organizations, and groups such as the Girl Scouts of the USA. Women's History Month Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. It is celebrated during March in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia, corresponding with International Women's Day on March 8, and during October in Canada, corresponding with the celebration of Persons Day on October 18. In the United States, Women's History Month traces its beginnings back to the first International Women's Day in 1911."
"in ""The Columbus Lighthouse"" (""Faro a Colón""), in Santo Domingo. The anniversary of Columbus's 1492 landing in the Americas is usually observed on 12 October in Spain and throughout the Americas, except Canada. In Spain it is called the ""Fiesta Nacional de España y Día de la Hispanidad"", while a number of countries in Latin America celebrate it as ""Día de la Raza"". In the United States it is called Columbus Day and is observed annually on the second Monday in October. There are efforts in the US to rename Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day. The World Columbian Exposition"
"Columbian Festivals The Columbian Festivals (, popularly just ""Las Colombinas"") are a set of annual celebrations in the city of Huelva, Andalusia to commemorate the first voyage of Christopher Columbus. They occur for a week at the end of July and beginning of August, the main day being 3 August, the date in 1492 on which Columbus departed Palos de la Frontera, on the voyage that brought him to the Americas. The festivities have been declared to be of National Tourist Interest (""de Interés Turístico Nacional""). As Pedro Rodríguez, mayor of Huelva, remarked in 1999, the Columbian Festivals are atypical"
"Fiesta Nacional de España The Fiesta Nacional de España (""Festa Nacional d'Espanya"" in Catalan/Valencian/Balearic; ""Festa Nacional de España"" in Galician; ""Espainiako Jai Nazionala"" in Basque) is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first arrival in the Americas, a day also celebrated in other countries. The anniversary of Columbus' landing in the New World on October 12, 1492, is widely celebrated throughout the Americas. It is known as Columbus Day in the United States and as ""Día de la Raza"" in various Latin"
"Navy Day (Chile) Navy Day is a Chilean national holiday (Spanish: Día de las Glorias Navales, literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year. The day was selected to commemorate the Battle of Iquique, which occurred on Wednesday, May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the President of the Republic of Chile (Spanish: ), also known as the Mensaje Presidencial or Discurso del 21 de mayo), until it was moved on June 1 in 2017 to avoid"
"two holidays for the same date. Especially since Native American activism has increased since the 1960s and 1970s, a variety of protests have been staged against celebrating Columbus Day. These have included mock trials of Christopher Columbus in St. Paul, Minnesota, and protests and disruptions of Columbus Day parades in the United States. Indigenous peoples in other nations have also lobbied to have holidays established to recognize their contributions and history. For instance, Brazil celebrates ""National Indigenous Peoples' Day"" on April 19. In the Philippines, the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples, as well as various local indigenous towns, designated October"
"with Berkeley, California in 1992 and, as of 2018, include Austin, Boise, Cincinnati, Denver, Los Angeles, Mankato, Minnesota, Portland, Oregon, San Francisco, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Seattle, St. Paul, Minnesota, Tacoma, and ""dozens of others."" Columbus, Ohio has chosen to honor veterans instead of Christopher Columbus, and removed Columbus Day as a city holiday. Various tribal governments in Oklahoma designate the day as ""Native American Day"", or name it after their own tribe. The date Columbus arrived in the Americas is celebrated in some countries of Latin America. The most common name for the celebration in Spanish (including some Latin"
"major protest actions on that day. Navy Day (Chile) Navy Day is a Chilean national holiday (Spanish: Día de las Glorias Navales, literally Day of Naval Glories) celebrated on May 21 each year. The day was selected to commemorate the Battle of Iquique, which occurred on Wednesday, May 21, 1879 during the War of the Pacific. The day is an official holiday and until 2016 was the traditional day for the Annual Statement of the President of the Republic of Chile (Spanish: ), also known as the Mensaje Presidencial or Discurso del 21 de mayo), until it was moved on"
"Día de la Chupina The Día de la Chupina (Spanish, literally Hooky Day) is a popular event and self-styled ""holiday"" created by secondary school students in the city of Rosario, Argentina. It is held annually, on the last Friday of every April. On this day, the students (with or without knowledge and/or consent of their parents) do not attend their classes, but gather instead in some particular spots of the city center, especially the National Flag Memorial and the highly commercial pedestrian-only section of Córdoba Street (""Peatonal Córdoba""). The first instance of the ""Día de la Chupina"" recorded in the"
"With the increasing influence of Protestantism in Latin America (particularly newer groups such as various Evangelical Protestants, Pentecostals or Charismatics), it has been declared a national holiday in Chile in 2009. Within the Lutheran church, Reformation Day is considered a lesser festival, and is officially referred to as The Festival of the Reformation. Until the 20th century, most Lutheran churches celebrated Reformation Day on 31 October, regardless of which day of the week it occurred. Today, most Lutheran churches transfer the festival, so that it falls on the Sunday (called Reformation Sunday) on or before 31 October and transfer All"
"fall anywhere from early February to early March and lasts almost a week. Because of the absence of Valentine's Day and due to the celebrations of the Carnivals, Brazil was recommended by ""U.S. News & World Report"" as a tourist destination during February for Western singles who want to get away from the holiday. Colombia celebrates ""Día del amor y la amistad"" on the third Saturday in September instead. ""Amigo Secreto"" is also popular there. In the United States, about 190 million Valentine's Day cards are sent each year, not including the hundreds of millions of cards school children exchange."
"Fiestas Patrias (Chile) The Fiestas Patrias (literally Native Land Holidays) of Chile consist of two days, with a third one added on some years: Within Chile the Fiestas Patrias are often referred to as the Dieciocho, or ""18th"" because the celebration occurs on September 18. Unofficially, the celebration can last for around a week, depending on when it falls. For example, if the 18th is a Wednesday, public holidays are from Wednesday the 18th to Friday the 20th and celebrations begin the afternoon of Tuesday the 17th and continue until Sunday the 22nd. It is held close to the spring"
"enthusiastically celebrated in Spain; there are no other large-scale patriotic parades, marches, or other events, save in regional capitals, and the observation is generally overshadowed by the feast day of Our Lady of the Pillar, the patroness of Spain's Civil Guard, whose feast day falls on this date. Fiesta Nacional de España The Fiesta Nacional de España (""Festa Nacional d'Espanya"" in Catalan/Valencian/Balearic; ""Festa Nacional de España"" in Galician; ""Espainiako Jai Nazionala"" in Basque) is the national day of Spain. It is held annually on October 12 and is a national holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first arrival"
"the museum is open year-round, events can be held there on August 3 (the day of Columbus's departure), March 15 (the day of Columbus's return) and October 12 (landfall in the Americas), among others. The museum is also used as a location for other events that have little to do with the voyage of discovery. Wharf of the Caravels The Wharf of the Caravels () is a museum in Palos de la Frontera, in the province of Huelva, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Its most prominent exhibits are replicas of Christopher Columbus's boats for his first voyage to the Americas,"
"an early date. According to legend, St. Mary appeared miraculously to Saint James the Great in Zaragoza in the first century, standing on a pillar. This apparition is commemorated by a famous Catholic basilica called ""Nuestra Señora del Pilar"" (""Our Lady of the Pillar""). The annual ""Fiestas del Pilar"" last for nine days, with its main day on 12 October. Since this date coincided in 1492 with the first sighting by Christopher Columbus of the Americas, that day is also celebrated as ""El Día de la Hispanidad"" (Columbus Day) by Spanish-speaking people worldwide. There are many activities during the festival,"
"other events, but shops and businesses are closed as with other bank holidays. The observation is generally overshadowed by the feast dayof Our Lady of the Pillar(Fiestas del Pilar). This holiday was been declared a religious feast day throughout the Spanish Empire in 1730. In recent years, celebration of the holiday has faced some opposition from various organizations. Opposition to Columbus Day dates back to at least the 19th century, when anti-immigrant nativists (see Know Nothings) sought to eliminate its celebration because of its association with immigrants from the Catholic countries of Ireland and Italy, and the American Catholic fraternal"
"12 October happens to coincide with the day of the year 1492 when land was first sighted on Columbus' First Voyage, the ""Fiesta de la Raza Española"", first proposed in 1913 by Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro y Díaz-Argüelles (in the USA later dubbed ""Columbus Day"", as Columbus tends to be considered Italian rather than Spanish in North America) falls on the same date. The ""Fiesta de la Raza Española"" was declared the national holiday of Spain in a decree by Antonio Maura and king Alfonso XIII of 1918. The alternative name ""Día de la Hispanidad"" was proposed in the late 1920s"
"12th century, the introduction of 12 October as the local feast day in remembrance of the Marian apparition was introduced by the city council in 1640, and approved by the Holy See in 1723. The national holiday of Spain, first introduced in 1918 and confirmed for the contemporary Spanish state in 1982, also falls on 12 October, chosen for the date of the discovery of the Americas (in the USA known as Columbus Day). The first Mass of the day, on October 12, is the Solemne Misa de Infantes, or Solemn Mass of Infants, celebrated in the Saint Chapel of"
"Great Military Parade of Chile For more than a century the Military Parade of Chile or Great Military Parade of Chile (Spanish:Gran Parada Militar de Chile or Parada Militar de Chile) has been a tradition within the Independence Day holidays in Chile. It is held in Santiago, Chile's O'Higgins Park on September 19 yearly in honor of ""the Glories of the Chilean Army"" with a military parade involving not just the ground forces but by the rest of the Chilean Armed Forces: the Chilean Navy, the Chilean Air Force, and the Carabineros de Chile. It is also in honor of"
"ends on the first Saturday of September. Since 2017 a new time zone in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region has been implemented, having 2 different hours in Continental Chile for the first time. The winter time starts the first Saturday of April and ends on the first Saturday of September. It has 2 hours of difference from the Continental time and changes the same days. The official time on the mainland is now in the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica Region is , and on Easter Island is . Standard time in Chile was used in Chile until 2014 (returned"
"Time in Chile Time in Chile is divided into three time zones. Most of Continental Chile uses the time offset in winter time, in summer time, while the Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica region uses the time offset the whole year. Additionally, Easter Island uses the time offset in winter time and in summer time Until 2015, Continental Chile used the time offset and Easter Island used for standard time, with daylight saving time roughly between October and March every year. In January 2015 the Chilean government announced that the entire country will keep the time offset used during daylight saving"
"Public holidays in Chile This is a list of public holidays (national or otherwise) in Chile; about half of them are Christian holidays. On January 28, 1915, President of Chile Ramón Barros Luco promulgated law 2,977, which arranged all the information insofar about holidays celebrated in Chile. It established or kept the following holidays: The same law abolished, by omission, four religious holidays: Epiphany (""Adoración de los Santos Reyes"", January 6), Carnival (""Carnaval"", mobile), Annunciation (""Anunciación del Señor"", march 25) and Nativity of the Virgin Mary (""Natividad de la Virgen"", September 8). It also shortened the national independence holiday to"
"to spend more time with their children. Entrance and set out ceremonies of the Young Pioneers of China are usually held on 1 June as well. Entrance of children under 14 into the Forbidden City is free on 1 June, while each accompanying adult gets 50% off. In Colombia, Children's Day is celebrated in the last Saturday of April. It was established as a holiday in 2001. In Costa Rica, Children's Day is celebrated on 9 September. In Croatia, Children's Day is celebrated on 11 November. In Cuba, Children's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July. In Czech"
"La Pampilla 2015. Pampilla Festival The Pampilla Festival (; also known as Pampilla de Coquimbo or simply La Pampilla) is a Chilean celebration that takes place between 18 and 20 September every year in honor of the country's Fiestas Patrias – although it usually extends two days before or two days after those dates – in the esplanade of the same name, located in the city of Coquimbo. During this period, even weeks before activities begin, hundreds of families settle in tents and vehicles in the hills. According to tradition, due to the distance between Coquimbo and Santiago, news of"
"Cross, Christ's prayer, and his new commandment. The twelve readings are: Beginning on Holy and Great Thursday, the memorial service for the dead is forbidden until after Thomas Sunday. Maundy Thursday is a public holiday in most countries that were part of the Spanish empire (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Spain, Uruguay and Venezuela), countries that were part of the Danish colonial empire (Denmark, Iceland, Norway and United States Virgin Islands), and in the Kerala State of India. Certain German states declare a public holiday for public sector employees. In the"
"to resorts on the Pacific coast, especially Viña del Mar and the Litoral Central region. It is estimated that 2 million Chileans—nearly one-eighth of the country's population—travel during this holiday. September 19, the anniversary of the installation of the First Government Council and the very first military parade in Chilean history, marks the grand finale: the Great Military Parade of Chile commemorating the glories of the Chilean Army, on Santiago's O'Higgins Park and overseen by the President of Chile in his/her performance of his/her constitutional mandate as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. Attracting millions of people, and simulcast live on"
"Quintana Roo. The holiday is celebrated in Mexico mainly by guilds and unions involved in construction. A cross adorned with flowers and paper is placed in a high position on a building in the process of construction. The workers then celebrate with local cuisine and alcoholic beverages such as tequila, mezcal, and local beer. In El Salvador, the ""Day of the Cross"" (""Día de la Cruz"" in Spanish), as it is known, is celebrated on May 3. This celebration is not considered an official government or church holiday; it only marks the beginning of the ""wet"" or rainy season in"
"equinox of the Southern Hemisphere so it doubles as a spring festival. Chile's Declaration of Independence happened on February 12. Most schools and jobs declare a week-long vacation for the holiday. This day is very important to the Chilean people because they are celebrating their freedom from Spanish rule. The celebration of Fiestas Patrias is an expression of Chilean culture. Traditional activities associated with the Dieciocho include Chilean rodeo, dancing the cueca, going to fondas, and barbecue. Officially, activities on September eighteen are centered on a religious celebration ""Te Deum Ecuménico de Fiestas Patrias"". This ceremony, which is organized by"
"can occur between March and September. In the valleys in the south in La Rioja province and Catamarca province along with the southwest parts of Santiago del Estero Province which is part of the arid Chaco ecoregion, the climate is mild year long in terms of temperature. Temperatures during the summer are very high, with a mean temperature of in January, the warmest month. Temperatures can exceed on an average of 20–25 days and can occasionally exceed , particularly in the central valley of Catamarca (Valle Central de Catamarca) and the valley of La Rioja Capital which lie at lower"
"legacy. It was created in October 1933 by Ángel Camblor, captain of the Uruguayan army. It was adopted by all the states of Spanish America during the Pan-American Conference of the same year in Montevideo, Uruguay. The white background stands for peace, the Inti sun god of Inca mythology symbolizes the light shining on the Americas, and the three crosses represent Christopher Columbus' caravels, the ""Niña"", ""Pinta"", and ""Santa María"", used in his first voyage from Spain to the New World in 1492. The deep lilac color of the crosses evokes the color of the lion on the coat of"
"the national Día de las Glorias de la Armada (Navy Day) celebrations on 21 May, in honor of the double anniversaries of the Battle of Iquique and the Battle of Punta Gruesa in 1879. Valparaiso is where the main celebrations are concentrated, with a military parade in the morning and the President of Chile's State of the Nation address in the afternoon. Similar parades are hosted in major and minor cities and towns nationwide. The Army Day () is celebrated in the People's Republic of China on 1 August in commemoration of the founding of the People's Liberation Army in"
"is particularly celebrated in Mexico where the day is a public holiday. Prior to Spanish colonization in the 16th century, the celebration took place at the beginning of summer. Gradually, it was associated with October 31, November 1, and November 2 to coincide with the Western Christianity triduum of Allhallowtide: All Saints' Eve, All Saints' Day, and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars called ""ofrendas"", honoring the deceased using calaveras, aztec marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed, and visiting graves with these as gifts. Visitors also leave possessions of the"
"Chile Day Chile Day is an annual event held in London, United Kingdom, and New York, United States. The main purpose of the event is to promote the Chilean national branding, attract foreign investment, promote tourism in Chile and advertise Chilean export goods while also strengthening Chilean-British and Chilean-American socio-cultural ties. This day was initiated by Minister of Finance, Felipe Larraín Bascuñáin in 2011. A special edition of the event was held in the Czech city of Liberec in 2016. The first Chile Day for 2018 was held in April in New York City, the second Chile Day will be"