recognize the holiday. washington, d.c., the district of columbia, takes its name from columbus. in a statement before the vote, d.c. councilmember at-large david grosso said -- "columbus day was officially designated as a federal holiday in 1937 despite the fact that columbus did not discover north america, despite the fact that millions of people were already living in north america upon his arrival in the americas, and despite the fact that columbus never set foot on the shores of the current united states. columbus enslaved, colonized, mutilated, and massacred thousands of indigenous people in the americas." the movement to replace columbus day gained momentum in 1992 -- the 500th anniversary of columbus' arrival -- when berkeley, california, became the first city to make the change. earlier protests inspired the movemement, including the annunl national day of mourning in plymouth, massachusetts, held on thanksgiving to challenge the myth of peaceful coexistence between native...