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Obon festivals are also celebrated in North America, particularly by Japanese-Americans or Japanese-Canadians affiliated with Buddhist temples and organizations. Buddhist Churches of America (BCA) temples in the U.S. typically celebrate Obon Festival with both religious Obon observances and traditional Bon Odori dancing around a yagura.
In Japan, Obon, an annual festival rooted in Japanese Buddhist tradition, is often celebrated in mid-August, but celebrations will take place in Northern California cities this year throughout July.
The corresponding date in the Gregorian calendar is 9 February 1649, the date by which his contemporaries in some parts of continental Europe would have recorded his execution. The O.S./N.S. designation is particularly relevant for dates which fall between the start of the "historical year" (1 January) and the legal start date, where different.
Calls upon the people of the U.S. to celebrate the day with appropriate cleanup activities. States may move the day if inclement weather takes place on the first Saturday after Labor Day. 36 U.S.C. § 104: September 7–13 (Floating Sunday) National Grandparents Day: Calls upon the people of the U.S. to celebrate the day with appropriate ...
Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) introduced a bill Friday that would establish President Trump’s birthday, June 14, as a public holiday. The Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act ...
November 15: America Recycles Day; 4th Thursday in November: Thanksgiving Day [20] Friday after Thanksgiving: Native American Heritage Day [21] December 1: World AIDS Day; December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities [22] December 7: National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day; December 10: Human Rights Day and Human Rights Week
The change will officially take effect on Feb. 8, 2025, timed to the organization's 115th birthday. The organization began allowing gay youth in 2013 and ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders ...
The date of May 1 (an ancient European folk holiday known as May Day) emerged in 1886 as an alternative holiday for the celebration of labor, later becoming known as International Workers' Day. The date had its origins at the 1885 convention of the American Federation of Labor, which passed a resolution calling for adoption of the eight-hour ...