When Did Columbus Discover America?: Americans At Columbus Day Parade Answer That Question

In what year did Christopher Columbus sail the ocean blue and discover America?

We asked that elementary-school question (the answer: 1492) to a handful of the half-million spectators who are estimated to have attended New York City's annual Fifth Avenue for the Annual Columbus Day parade Monday.

There is a short cameo from Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) at 45 seconds in.

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