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The DS Team is pleased to offer this insight into Columbus Day and its' history in the United States. We hope you enjoy!
Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday. The event is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza in many countries in Latin America, as Discovery Day in the Bahamas, as Día de la Hispanidad and Fiesta Nacional in Spain and as Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Uruguay. These holidays have been celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century, and officially in various areas since the early 20th century.
Columbus Day first became an official state holiday in Colorado in 1906, and became a federal holiday in 1937. However, people have celebrated Columbus' voyage since the colonial period. In 1792, New York City and other U.S. cities celebrated the 300th anniversary of his landing in the New World. In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison called upon the people of the United States to celebrate Columbus Day on the 400th anniversary of the event. During the four hundredth anniversary, in 1892, teachers, preachers, poets and politicians used Columbus Day rituals to teach ideals of patriotism. These patriotic rituals were framed around themes such as support for war, citizenship boundaries, the importance of loyalty to the nation, and celebrating social progress.[1]
Catholic immigration in the mid-19th century induced discrimination from anti-immigrant activists. Like many other struggling immigrant communities, Catholics developed organizations to fight discrimination and provide insurance for the struggling immigrants. One such organization, the Knights of Columbus, chose that name in part because it saw Christopher Columbus as a fitting symbol of Catholic immigrants' right to citizenship: one of their own, a fellow Catholic, had discovered America.
Many Italian-Americans observe Columbus Day as a celebration of their heritage, the first occasion being in New York City on October 12, 1866. Columbus Day was first popularized as a holiday in the United States through the lobbying of Angelo Noce, a first generation Italian, in Denver. The first official, regular Columbus Day holiday was proclaimed by Colorado governor Jesse F. McDonald in 1905 and made a statutory holiday in 1907. In April 1934, as a result of lobbying by the Knights of Columbus, Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt made October 12 a federal holiday under the name Columbus Day.
Since 1971, the holiday has been fixed to the second Monday in October, coincidentally the same day as Thanksgiving in neighboring Canada (which was fixed to that date in 1959). It is generally observed today by banks, the bond market, the U.S. Postal Service and other federal agencies, most state government offices, and some school districts. Some businesses and some stock exchanges remain open, also some states and municipalities abstain from observing the holiday.
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The DS Team Loves to take a moment and reflect on the rich history in Miami Beach. This week we are taking a look back at Normandy Shores Golf Course. Not only are we impressed by all of the celebrities that frequented this club, but it is one of the oldest courses in Miami. Information obtained in this post is derived from the Normandy Shores Golf Club. If you would like to visit properties around this gem, please visit www.TheDSTeam.com, we have a truly stunning home seconds from the course. Enjoy!
THE LEGENDARY NORMANDY SHORES GOLF CLUB
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The land for the golf course was donated to the City of Miami Beach by M. C. Gryzmish on January 4, 1928, a year later the City took position of the land.
From that point on the City of Miami Beach worked hard to dredge and haul in fill to create the man made island for the golf course. On July 28, 1937 Howard Toomy and William S. Flynn were employed as the golf course architects. By 1939 the dredging efforts of the City of Miami Beach had created Normandy Shores Isle.
It was at this time that the first plans for the golf course were drawn up. It only took a couple of years for the golf course and new clubhouse to be completed and with great pride the City of Miami Beach held the dedication ceremony on December 18, 1941.
Most of Miami Beach was transformed into a training camp for the U.S. Army –Air Forces during World War II with 85% of the hotel rooms leased by the military to serve as barracks. But the years of the Postwar Boom were Normandy Shores Golf Club’s heyday. Around 1956 the City of Miami Beach hired Mark Manahah to redesign the golf course.
Once the renovation was complete Normandy Shores became a hot spot for both the famous and infamous. The famous: Sam Snead, Arnold Palmer, and Peter Thompson were just few of now legendary professional golfers that played Normandy Shores Golf Club on a regular basis. Some of the other regulars went by names like Stork, Charlie the Blade, Three-Iron Ward.
For the last 50 years the golf course has been maintained by the City of Miami Beach and because of the easy access of the 79th street causeway, Normandy Shores Golf Course became the perfect spot for Miami Beach, Miami, North Miami and Miami Shores golfers to enjoy a round.
Fast forward to 2008, the City of Miami Beach has spent over $9 million to renovate the now spectacular Normandy Shores Golf Club. The City hired world renowned golf course architect Arthur Hills to redesign the aging course and bring it back to its current state of glory.
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The DS Team has been working with Cara Thompson for the past two years and we would like to spotlight her dedication to Real Estate. She is often the first one in and the last one out of the office, and we are so glad to have her on our team!
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