Columbus day was different than, say, St Patrick's day. Columbus day had been an actual national holiday. Closed businesses, government, etc. Over the past 30 years a lot of that has eroded as places chose to stay open (I think that started with MLK day, nobody really wanted a holiday in the middle of January so they just ignored it, and then that extended to other less holidays).
I really don't mind if there is a day set aside to celebrate Mother Cabrini. Go for it. But eventually someone will come for her and say 'she was Catholic and gays hate Catholics for some reason so her holiday is offensive'. Eventually we'll only have a day celebrating this guy:
