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Pioneer Day is an official holiday celebrated on July 24 in the U.S. state of Utah, [1] with some celebrations taking place in regions of surrounding states ...
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
Read on for ideas to make every day in January worthy of celebration. January Special Days. January 1 — New Year’s Day, ... January 3 — National Write to Congress Day, J.R.R. Tolkien Day, ...
Recently, the parade has become more inclusive, with other churches participating and celebrating their own Utah pioneers. Native Americans march in the pre-parade, which travels down the parade route ahead of the pioneer floats. [1] The military has always been well represented, and of course it always includes horses, bands, children and queens.
January 22. Celebration of Life Day. Lunar New Year. Come in From the Cold Day. National Blonde Brownie Day. National Grandpa Day. National Hot Sauce Day. National Polka Dot Day. January 23.
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The pageant traces its roots to the early 1920s and the "Cumorah Conference" of the Eastern States Mission, [4] which was held each year annually in late July. Mission president B. H. Roberts would take some of his missionaries from New York City and travel to Palmyra and the recently acquired Smith Family Farm to celebrate Pioneer Day, acting out scenes from the Book of Mormon and LDS Church ...
January is 31 days long — just like six other months on the calendar. But unlike sunny July or busy December, for many people the first month of the year always feels like it lasts an eternity.