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Alaska's territorial legislature declared Alaska Day a holiday in 1917. It is a paid holiday for state employees. [7] [8] The annual celebration is held in Sitka, where schools release students early, many businesses close for the day, and events such as a parade and reenactment of the flag-raising are held.
Alaska was on the western side of the International Date Line, since Russian settlers reached Alaska from Siberia. In addition, the Russian Empire was still using the Julian calendar , which had fallen 12 days behind the Gregorian calendar .
National Baked Alaska Day. National Change Your Password Day. National Dark Chocolate Day. National Freedom Day. National Girls and Women in Sports Day. February 2. Bubblegum Day. Crepe Day.
Seward's Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. state of Alaska. This holiday falls on the last Monday in March and commemorates the signing of the Alaska Purchase treaty on March 30, 1867. [ 1 ] It is named for then- Secretary of State William H. Seward , who negotiated the purchase from Russia .
The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
Oct. 7—HILARY SWANK The fictional newsroom in the new television series "Alaska Daily" bears some similarities to the real-life Anchorage Daily News. Alaskans and those around the country who ...
About 25% to 55% of the average season's snow falls after Groundhog Day in the Northeast, Midwest, West and Alaska: Seventeen of the 25 cities we examined still picked up another foot or more of ...
The history of Alaska dates back to the Upper Paleolithic period (around 14,000 BC), when foraging groups crossed the Bering land bridge into what is now western Alaska.At the time of European contact by the Russian explorers, the area was populated by Alaska Native groups.