I wish I had been making these up, however I’m actually not. Here is one more batch of strange, and generally very silly holidays in my series masking the subject. There can be more to come back. Now, you’ll be able to plan something fun for every single day of the yr. Boredom is gone! Every day is a vacation! So, have a little bit enjoyable, and make day-after-day particular, it doesn’t matter what!

June 14th is Flag Day, celebrating the adoption of the U.S. flag in 1777. On June 14, 1777, the second Continental Congress from America’s original 13 colonies established an army to insurgent towards the rule of King George III and Great Britain. The battles at Lexington and Concord had taken place in April of that yr and the American Revolutionary War would quickly comply with. Although not an official federal holiday, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation in 1916, declaring June 14th to be Flag Day. In 1949, Congress voted to name it National Flag Day.

Wiccan- I was shocked by that as well. I nonetheless think it ought to be in November. But I guess we should always eat extra turkey, so what higher means than celebrating in June!! September 17; Citizenship Day and Constitution Day/Week : the decree officially” acknowledges the United States Constitution and newly sworn American residents. The U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the doc on September 17, 1787.

I hate mosquitoes more than I hate ants. National Mosquito Awareness Week. 22nd-twenty eighth-wikimedia commons. Duct Tape Days (thirteen-15): Again, this is not a whole week. I feel that duct tape deserves not only an entire week, but maybe even a whole month! I cannot even depend the number of things I actually have mounted with duct tape. I do not ever plan on making garments with it, although. I actually have to attract the road someplace.

Along with the standard” January holiday – New Year’s Day -, Americans celebrate the birthday of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the third Monday of the month. King’s precise start date is January 15th (1929). Alabama, Arkansas and Mississippi combine MLK Jr. Day with Robert E. Lee Day, to mark the delivery date of the confederate general (whose precise birthday was on January 19, 1807). Florida and Georgia also have a good time Robert E. Lee Day (on January nineteenth). The Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday was signed in to legislation in 1983, changing into effective in 1986.