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Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
Negro History Week (1926) The precursor to Black History Month was created in 1926 in the United States, when historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History (ASNLH) announced the second week of February to be "Negro History Week". [ 10] This week was chosen because it coincided with the birthday of ...
2009 edition. The President is requested to issue each year a proclamation—. (1) designating February as American Heart Month; (2) inviting the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating February as American Heart Month; and. (3) urging the people of the United ...
February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day. March 10: Harriet Tubman Day. March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day.
February 1 to 7: Women’s Heart Week. February 4 to 10: Burn Awareness Week. February 5 to 9: National School Counseling Week. February 7 to 13: African Heritage and Health Week. February 7 to 14 ...
In 2015, it was moved to late February and the name was changed to Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week, to be more inclusive of all arospec identities. [ 9] Aromantic Visibility Day. 5 June. 2023. A day to promote the visibility of people on the aromantic spectrum. [ 10][ 11] International Asexuality Day. 6 April.
The week of June 14 (June 11–17, 2023; June 09–15, 2024; June 08–14, 2025) is designated as "National Flag Week." During National Flag Week, the president will issue a proclamation "urging the people to observe the day as the anniversary of the adoption on June 14, 1777, by the Continental Congress of the Stars and Stripes as the official ...
2015 (Friday) February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 314 days remain until the end of the year (315 in leap years ).