{"id":2354422,"date":"2024-10-14T03:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T07:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-honors-christopher-columbus-and-italian-americans-in-proclamation-for-columbus-day-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-14T03:19:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T07:19:49","slug":"biden-honors-christopher-columbus-and-italian-americans-in-proclamation-for-columbus-day-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-honors-christopher-columbus-and-italian-americans-in-proclamation-for-columbus-day-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden honors Christopher Columbus and Italian Americans in proclamation for Columbus Day &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-honors-christopher-columbus-and-italian-americans-in-proclamation-for-columbus-day-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2354422&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President\u200c Joe Biden issued \u200ba proclamation recognizing October 14, 2024, as Columbus Day,\u200b honoring the legacy of\u200c Christopher Columbus, a 15th-century\u2062 explorer. The \u200dproclamation commemorates Columbus&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanics-favor-columbus-over-biden-and-harris-report\/\" title=\"Hispanics Favor Columbus Over Biden and Harris: Report\">historic voyage<\/a> in \u20631492, noting \u200dthat the U.S. Congress has requested such \u2064a recognition since 1934. Biden emphasized the contributions \u200bof Italian \u200bAmericans,\u200d acknowledging their cultural \u200dand \u2064historical significance and the challenges they faced as immigrants \u200bpursuing\u200c the American Dream. He celebrated Columbus&#8217;s voyage as a source\u2062 of pride for the Italian American community and highlighted their critical\u200b role in \u200bshaping the nation. The proclamation also briefly referenced the xenophobic attacks against Italian Americans that contributed to the establishment of Columbus Day. Biden&#8217;s remarks reflect \u2063an appreciation for the rich tapestry of American history, woven together by \u2064the stories and \u200cstruggles of immigrants.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Biden honors Christopher Columbus and Italian Americans in proclamation for Columbus Day<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1823326\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3100417\/national-italian-american-foundation-condemns-vandalism-columbus-statue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Columbus<\/a> Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the 15th-century explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa (now part of the modern day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Italy<\/a>) who is celebrated for his discovery of the western hemisphere on Oct. 12, 1492.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;In commemoration of Christopher Columbus&rsquo; historic voyage 532 years ago, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968&hellip;as amended, has requested the President proclaim the second Monday of October of each year as &lsquo;Columbus Day,&rsquo;&rdquo; Biden&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/presidential-actions\/2024\/10\/11\/a-proclamation-on-columbus-day-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>proclamation<\/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Now, therefore, I, Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim October 14, 2024, as Columbus Day,&rdquo; Biden declared.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Biden&rsquo;s proclamation took considerable time in acknowledging the cultural and historical legacies of the country&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/italians\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Italians<\/a> and Italian American families who migrated to this country after leaving everything behind to &ldquo;sail across an ocean and chase the American Dream for the hope of a brighter future.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I believe we are the only Nation in the world with a heart and soul that draws from old and new,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;For some Italian American families, the stories they share about their ancestors&rsquo; lives in this country stretch back generations. They are stories about immigrants who left everything behind to sail across an ocean and chase the American Dream for the hope of a brighter future.&nbsp;They are stories about ancestors who helped build this country and found America&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-swing-state-voters-see-kamala-harris-portrayed-on-primetime-tv-ads-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How swing state voters see Kamala Harris portrayed on primetime TV ads - Washington Examiner\">middle class &#038;mdash<\/a>; and their traditions and recipes still bring joy to their families today. They are stories of Italian American artists, laborers, lawmakers, and leaders who never gave up on the idea of America.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The president categorized Columbus&rsquo;s voyage as a source of pride for Italian Americans and noted their contributions to the nation as important.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And for many Italian Americans, the story of Christopher Columbus&rsquo; voyage crossing the Atlantic from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on behalf of Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II remains a source of pride,&rdquo; Biden said. &ldquo;But no matter if their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sandy-hook-families-demand-new-unimaginable-sum-of-money-from-alex-jones\/\" title=\"Sandy Hook Families Demand New Unimaginable Sum Of Money From Alex Jones\">families arrived<\/a> here centuries ago or only recently, Italian Americans&rsquo; courage, strength, and character are woven into the rich tapestry of our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden also briefly mentioned the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-analysts-biden-giving-china-everything-they-want-china-going-to-be-quite-aggressive\/\" title=\"China Analysts: Biden Giving China \u2018Everything\u2019 They Want, China Going To Be \u2018Quite Aggressive\u2019\">xenophobic attack<\/a>&rdquo; against Italian Americans that was the impetus for the Columbus Day holiday, which was first established by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892. And while Biden mentioned the incident that &ldquo;took the lives of 11 Italian Americans the year before,&rdquo; he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: &#039;Pipeline&#039; to Obama Admin Seen as &#039;Currency&#039;\">didn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t provide any additional details, only saying that Italian Americans persisted &ldquo;in the face of hate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For many Italian Americans, the lives of their ancestors in this country were not always easy,&rdquo; read the proclamation. &ldquo;In addition to the challenges of starting life in a new land, they also faced discrimination. Columbus Day was founded by President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 in response to the horrific, xenophobic attack that took the lives of 11 Italian Americans the year before. In the face of hate, Italian Americans persisted &mdash; advancing our Nation and challenging us to live up to our highest values.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The incident Biden referred to, the one that President Harrison responded to in 1892, was the lynching of 11 Italian Americans by an angry New Orleans mob on March 14, 1891. These <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/476901\/march-14-is-the-date-of-one-of-the-largest-single-mass-lynchings-in-american-history\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">murders<\/a> were one of the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/news\/the-grisly-story-of-americas-largest-lynching\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">largest mass lynchings<\/a> in American history.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, may we honor the history and heritage of Italian Americans and all that they have done to help realize the full promise of America for generations,&rdquo; Biden said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1823326\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1823326\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden proclaims October 14 as Columbus Day, honoring Columbus and Italian Americans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2677,"featured_media":2354424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-netanyahu-call.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[3620,42933,42934,23238,32076],"class_list":["post-2354422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-biden","tag-columbus-day","tag-italian-americans","tag-proclamation","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/biden-netanyahu-call.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2354422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2354424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2354422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2354422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2354422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}