Washington, DC ikulemekeza ndi kukondwerera zomwe Christopher Columbus adakwaniritsa pa chaka chilichonse ndi phwando lakale lakale la Columbus. Amishonale a ku Italy ndi Spain komanso anthu ambiri ankaika zipilala m'munsi mwa Columbus Memorial Statue yomwe ili ku Union Station. Chikumbutso ndi chitsime chachikulu chojambulidwa ndi mbadwa ya ku America, Ulaya wachikulire, chiwerengero cha "Discover" pazombo za sitimayo, ndi dziko lapansi. Onani zithunzi zotsatirazi za mwambo wa Tsiku la Columbus ndikuphunziranso za chochitika cha pachaka.
Tsiku: Oktoba 10, 2016, 11 koloko
Malo a Chikumbutso: Union Station Plaza, Massachusetts Ave. & 1st St. Washington DC Onani mapu
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Odzidzimutsa a Columbus Pay Awonetsere Christopher Columbus
Kuchokera pa kudzipatulira kwa Kasupe wa Christopher Columbus Memorial mu 1912, mabungwe ambiri adatenga nawo zikondwerero za Tsiku la Columbus kuphatikiza magawano ndi asilikali a Army and Navy, Knights of Columbus, oimira magulu a Italy ndi a African American Knights of Pythias.
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Ankhondo a Columbus; Chochitika cha Tsiku la Columbus
Bungwe la US Marine limasewera nyimbo zachikondi pazochitika za Columbus Day ku Washington DC. Yakhazikitsidwa ndi Congress mu 1798, US Marine Band ndi gulu lakale kwambiri la gulu la asilikali komanso bungwe lakale loimba nyimbo ku United States. Bungwe likuyendayenda kudutsa dzikoli ndikuchita pa zochitika pafupifupi 500 pachaka.
US Marine Color Guard amachita nawo mwambo wapachaka wa Columbus Day ku Washington DC. The Color Guard ndi mamembala anayi omwe amachititsa kuti asilikali azilemekezeka mwa kupereka chithandizo kuchokera ku Marine Corps. Zimapangidwa ndi akuluakulu a Marine ndi a mtundu wa Sergeant omwe amanyamula Mitundu Yonse, Madzi a m'nyanja amanyamula Marine Corps Colours, ndi awiri ogwira mfuti.
Nkhalango za National Park Service zimalankhula ndi anthu pa chithunzi cha Christopher Columbus. Oimira bungwe la boma la federal lomwe likuyang'anira zipilala zadziko likugwira ntchito pa chaka.