Editing Columbus Day (section)

=== Localization ===
[[File:1892 DalandHouse ColumbusDay Salem Massachusetts byFrankCousins 2.png|thumb|Columbus Day in [[Salem, Massachusetts]], in 1892]]
[[File:Columbus Day in New York City 2009 (4015483924).jpg|thumb|Columbus Day Parade in New York City, 2009]]
Actual observance varies in different parts of the United States, ranging from large-scale parades and events to complete nonobservance. Most states do not celebrate Columbus Day as an official state holiday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/10/08/working-on-columbus-day-it-depends-on-where-you-live/|title=Working on Columbus Day? It depends on where you live|website=Pew Research Center|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-02}}</ref>  Some mark it as a "Day of Observance" or "Recognition”. Most states that celebrate Columbus Day will close state services, while others operate as normal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/columbus_day_2015_whats_closed.html|title=Columbus Day 2015: What's Closed, What's Open on Monday, Oct. 12?|last=Gore|first=Leada|date=October 12, 2015|website=al.com|publisher=Alabama Media Group|access-date=October 7, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007092036/http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2015/10/columbus_day_2015_whats_closed.html|archive-date=October 7, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

San Francisco claims the nation's oldest continuously existing celebration with the [[Italian-American]] community's annual Columbus Day Parade, which was established by Nicola Larco in 1868,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/parade/index.html |title=sfcolumbusday.org |publisher=sfcolumbusday.org |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110926165959/http://www.sfcolumbusday.org/parade/index.html |archive-date=September 26, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> while New York City boasts the largest, with over 35,000 marchers and one million viewers around 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/cparade.shtml |title=Columbus Citizens Foundation |publisher=Columbuscitizensfd.org |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128094624/http://www.columbuscitizensfd.org/cparade.shtml |archive-date=January 28, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.manhattanstyle.com/events/the-annual-columbus-day-parade/ |title=Manhattan Style 'The Annual Columbus Day Parade' |publisher=Manhattanstyle.com |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121235540/http://www.manhattanstyle.com/events/the-annual-columbus-day-parade/ |archive-date=January 21, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/performers-bands-and-red-white-and-green-on-fifth-avenue-in-nyc-columbus-day-parade-104668504.html |title=PR Newswire 'Performers, Bands, and Red, White and Green on Fifth Avenue in NYC Columbus Day Parade' |location=New York |publisher=Prnewswire.com |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310224835/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/performers-bands-and-red-white-and-green-on-fifth-avenue-in-nyc-columbus-day-parade-104668504.html |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

As in the mainland United States, Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the [[U.S. territory]] of [[Puerto Rico]]. In the [[United States Virgin Islands]], the day is celebrated as both Columbus Day and "Puerto Rico Friendship Day".<ref>{{cite web |author=NextPage – LivePublish |url=http://www.michie.com/virginislands/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=vicode |title=Title 1 Virgin Islands Code Section 171 |publisher=Michie.com |access-date=October 12, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007013728/http://michie.com/virginislands/lpext.dll?f=templates&fn=main-h.htm&cp=vicode |archive-date=October 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

[[Virginia]] also celebrates two legal holidays on the day, Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day, which honors the final victory at the [[Siege of Yorktown]] in the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://leg1.state.va.us/000/cod/2.2-3300.HTM |title=LIS > Code of Virginia > 2.2-3300 |publisher=Leg1.state.va.us |access-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116100245/http://leg1.state.va.us/000/cod/2.2-3300.HTM |archive-date=January 16, 2009 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>