Columbus Day 2019: What’s Open And Closed In DC

D.C. will recognize the federal holiday Columbus Day on Monday, Oct. 14. Government offices, schools and other services will be closed.

President Benjamin Harrison organized the first Columbus Day celebration in 1892 to mark the 400th anniversary of Columbus landing in the Americas. A little over 40 years later, in 1934, President Franklin Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday.

In recent years, a collection of states and cities have chosen to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, including: Minnesota, Vermont, San Francisco and Cincinnati.

A recent poll from College Pulse, a data and survey analytics company, found that 79 percent of 1,500 college students polled favored replacing Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

On average, 88 percent of the students who identified as Democrats supported the name change, and only 22 percent of Republicans polled were in favor of swapping the names.

No matter how you spend the holiday, various closures may impact your daily routine.

Here’s a look at what’s open and closed around D.C.

Government: Closed
Courts: Closed
Schools: Closed
Transportation: Weekend schedule
Parking: Metered parking not enforced
Trash Pick Up: Regular schedule
Community Centers: Open
Libraries: Open