Trump issues a Columbus Day proclamation to 'reclaim' the explorer's legacy
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President Trump has signed a proclamation declaring Monday to be Columbus Day, in an effort to "reclaim" what he called the famed explorer's "extraordinary legacy of faith, courage, perseverance, and virtue."
The proclamation comes after Trump said in a social media post in April that, to
bring the holiday "back from the ashes," he would reinstate "Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades before!"
In recent years, many people h
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