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The holiday has received criticism for its lack of inclusiveness for non-Mormons. [25] As a result, a small, growing contingent has started celebrating Pie and Beer Day instead of the traditional Pioneer Day. [26] Pie and Beer day is a play on words: "pie and beer" sounds like "pioneer." Pie and Beer Day was created as a counter culture ...
In Tennessee, January 19 (Lee's birthday) was established as a holiday in 1917. In 1969, it was changed to a "special day of observation" in the state. Since then, state law requires the governor to proclaim each January 19 "Robert E. Lee Day". [3] [4] Texas made "Lee Day" a holiday in 1931. [5] In 1973, "Lee Day" was renamed Confederate Heroes ...
January 14 – Texas surpasses two million cases of COVID-19, becoming the second state to do so after California. [2] January 23 – Garret Miller, a Texas man who participated in the storming of the United States Capitol, is charged for threatening to assassinate U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. [3]
Add these January holidays and observances to your calendar. Find official awareness days and various weekly and monthly observances in 2024.
Dec. 1—AUSTIN — Texas State Parks is kicking off the holiday season with close to 100 special seasonal activities happening across the state. Visitors of all ages can enjoy themed guided walks ...
4 Holidays and observances. 5 Notes. ... January 3 is the third day of the year in the Gregorian ... 1963 – New Jack, American wrestler (d. 2021) 1964 – Bruce ...
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 ...
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, signed by 59 delegates, settlers in Mexican Texas officially declared independence from Mexico and created the Republic of Texas .