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The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
September: National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month [49] September: Prostate Cancer Awareness Month; September 15 – October 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month [50] October: National Information Literacy Awareness Month [51] October: Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month; October: Country Music Month [52]
First celebrated Remarks April 15: Jackie Robinson Day: Major League Baseball: 2004: Opening day for Jackie Robinson's first season June: Odunde Festival: Philadelphia community: 1975: Celebration of the Yoruba people: February: Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United ...
Not included in the OPM list is the day of mourning on Jan. 9 called by President Joe Biden in the wake of former President Jimmy Carter's death. Other holidays on the calendar to be celebrated ...
For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
In the case of Women’s History Month, “this combination of the uplifting mood of white, calming and inspiring effects of purple, and the feelings of harmony and rebirth elicited by the color ...
Coat of arms of the Republic of Texas January 25, 1839 State coat of arms: Coat of arms of Texas: 1993 National guard crest Crest of the Texas National Guard: February 18, 1924 Flower: Bluebonnets (Lupinus spp., namely Texas bluebonnet, L. texensis and sandy land bluebonnet L. subcarnosus) [1] March 1901 [3] Tree: Pecan (Carya illinoinensis ...
At the briefing, White House correspondent April Ryan asked Leavitt whether President Donald Trump’s administration has plans to celebrate Black History Month this year, given the president’s ...