Columbus cruised” the “sea blue” in “1492”. On “Oct. 12”, after “517 years”, banks are shut and there' no mail. Also in spite of being a ‘government occasion’ for most in the “U.S.” it's one more day at the workplace. Seen on the 2nd Monday in ‘October’ the occasion praises the accomplishment of “Christopher Columbus” a man who lived just about three centuries before the “U.S.