COLUMBUS DAY marks Christopher Columbus' exploration of the New World in 1492.
In honor of the federal holiday, many Americans will attend parades and host parties, meaning they need to know if liquor stores are open.
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Many Americans celebrate Columbus Day at parties with alcoholCredit: GettyAre liquor stores open on Columbus Day 2022?
Since Columbus Day is a federal holiday, some stores may adjust their hours to give employees time with friends and family.
The caveat is liquor stores which will remain open and operating during normal business hours.
Primarily, liquor stores across the US are closed for only three holidays including Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
In the United States, there are only 17 states that control the sale of liquor.
According to Thrillist, those states include:
- Alabama
- Idaho
- Iowa
- Maine
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Hampshire
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Wyoming
- West Virginia
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Why do we celebrate Columbus Day?
Columbus Day was made a federal holiday to commemorate Christopher Columbus' landing in America on October 12, 1492.
It became a federal holiday in 1937 when President Franklin D Roosevelt signed a Columbus Day bill into law.
The history of Columbus Day dates back to Columbus' exploration of the New World.
Although Columbus had been searching for Asia, he landed in what is now the Bahamas but succeeded in expanding further exploration and colonization of North America.
History has shown the holiday was celebrated about 150 years before Roosevelt signed it into law.
The first noted celebration occurred on the 300th anniversary of Columbus' arrival, in 1792.
A century later, President Benjamin Harrison called upon people in the US to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' exploration.
He encouraged teachers, preachers, and politicians to use the day to teach the ideals of patriotism.
According to the Library of Congress, Harrison issued a proclamation “recommending to the people the observance in all their localities of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America…” and he described Columbus as “the pioneer of progress and enlightenment.”
Colorado was the first state to recognize Columbus Day as a holiday in 1907, with New York following suit in 1909.
That year, New York Governor Charles Evans Hughes organized a parade with the crews of two Italian ships, Italian-American societies, and an international Roman Catholic fraternal benefit society called the Knights of Columbus.
The Knights had lobbied for congress to adopt Columbus Day as a federal holiday.
In 1937, Roosevelt signed a piece of legislature marking October 12 as Columbus Day but the date was later changed to the second Monday in October 1971.
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