Columbus Day Weekend 2024 Date. Columbus day 2024 is a federal holiday that falls on the second monday of october each year. Columbus day, observed on the second monday of october each year, is a federal holiday in the united states that commemorates the landing of christopher columbus in the americas on october 12, 1492.

The date of the holiday changes each year but always remains on a monday; Since 1971 the second monday in october) to commemorate the landing of christopher columbus on october 12, 1492, in the new world.