![]() ![]() “What a special activity for us to enjoy here in Beaufort this spring as part of celebrating our Shipwrecks of America’s Lost Century symposium,” said Megan Meyer, Executive Director of the Santa Elena History Center. The Nao Santa Maria will be available for tours from March 29th through April 7th. The tours consist of a guided tour through the 5 decks of the Santa María, where you can find informative panels with the history of the ship, ornamental elements of the time and talk with the crew to feel how to live like the Spanish sailors did 500 years ago. The ship allows visitors to see what it was like aboard the ships that carried Columbus and crew across the ocean. This earliest chapter of our nation’s history – and the local story of 16 th century settlement Santa Elena – is shared with visitors daily at the Santa Elena History Center.īefore Columbus, the Old World and the New remained separate and distinct continents and ever since their fates have been bound together for better or for worse. It was then that “Columbus sailed the ocean blue”, leading to the discovery of a “New World” and marking the beginning of America’s earliest history. On October 12, 1492, captained by Christopher Columbus, protagonist of one of the most important milestones in history: the Discovery of America, the Meeting between the Worlds that is related to the evolution of universal history. The Nao Santa María is one of the most famous ships of humanity. Previously, the Nina and Pinta ships were very well received in 20 when they made their stops in town. ![]() On Friday, April 5th, the replica of the historic Columbus ship will arrive at the Downtown Beaufort Marina and will be open to the public for tours from Saturday April 6th, thr ough Sunday, April 14th. Then, it was damage to the ship from the storm that delayed her.īut, still, the replica ship of the original Santa Maria, Captained by Christopher Columbus in 1492, is coming to Beaufort. Monday, October 14th is day number 287 of the 2019 calendar year with -3 years, -4 months, -12 days until Columbus Day 2019.Originally scheduled to arrive in Beaufort on March 29th, the Nao Santa Maria has gone through quite a lot to come to town. There are also several cities around the country that do not celebrate the day and instead celebrate Indigenous Peoples, Day. California and Texas still recognize the day but it is not an official holiday where government workers get paid time off. Iowa and Nevada do not have Columbus Day as an official holiday but mandate that the governor proclaim it by statue each year. Later in history another national holiday with old historic roots in America, Thanksgiving Day, was first celebrated in 1621 in Plymouth, Massachusetts by the early settlers who celebrated the work and sacrifice to have a good harvest.įlorida, Alaska, Hawaii, Vermont, New Mexico, South Dakota and Maine don’t celebrate the day. The day celebrates the landing of Christopher Columbus’s ships in the New World. ![]() He was an Italian explorer who took three ships the Santa Maria, Nina, and La Pinta and sailed across the Atlantic Ocean looking for a faster way to get to the Far East and by accident landed in the New World. It marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival to America on October 12, 1492. ![]() Columbus Day for the year 2019 is celebrated/ observed on Monday, October 14th.Ĭolumbus Day is on the second Monday of October. ![]()
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