Columbus Day: Quick Facts

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Engraved portrait of Christopher Columbus wearing a hat, featured on the reverse of El Salvador's 5 Colones banknote, with intricate colored line patterns in the background.

Columbia warning Napoleon Bonaparte that she will deal with him after teaching John Bull (England) a lesson (1812)

Engraving of Columbia standing on a shell, seizing the trident from Neptune, who reaches toward her as waves crash around them; both are depicted with classical features.

Engraving of Columbia, personifying the United States, placing her hand on the shoulder of a Black Civil War soldier with a crutch and missing leg, standing on star-patterned steps.

Landing of Columbus by John Vanderlyn was installed in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in 1847

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