Columbus, Ohio, the largest U.S. city named in honor of Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, announced Monday it will no longer celebrate the federal holiday and will instead give workers a day off on Veterans Day in November.
A spokeswoman for Democratic Mayor Andrew Ginther said the decision to end the long-standing holiday was meant to kill two birds with one stone.
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