Here's what is open and closed on Columbus Day 2024/Indigenous Peoples Day

Columbus Day, also called Indigenous Peoples Day, may be a federal holiday, but it's also one of the nation's most inconsistently celebrated days, according to Pew Research.

Even thoughthe event, which falls annually on the second Monday in October, is one of the nation's 11 federally recognized holidays, it's not observed by some businesses, states and institutions, especially amid a push to shift recognition away from explorer Christopher Columbus and instead honor the original inhabitants of North America  via Indigenous Peoples Day.

As a result, Columbus Day isn't as widely marked as it once was. Still, the day remains a federal holiday, meaning that some types of services and businesses will be shuttered on October 14 this year.