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April 9: National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day. April 14: Pan American Day and Pan American Week. May 1: Loyalty Day. May 1: Law Day, U.S.A. May 15: Peace Officers Memorial Day. 1st Thursday in May: National Day of Prayer. 2nd Friday in May: Military Spouse Day. 2nd Sunday in May: Mother's Day.
Commemorates the formation and signing on September 17, 1787, of the United States Constitution and recognizes all who, by coming of age or by naturalization, have become citizens. [1] Constitution Week is an American observance to commemorate the 1787 adoption of the United States Constitution. It runs annually from September 17 — proclaimed ...
Confederate History Month. Dalit History Month. Financial Literacy Month [12] Jazz Appreciation Month. Mathematics Awareness Month [13][14] National Child Abuse Prevention Month [15][16] National Pet Month (United Kingdom) National Poetry Month. National Poetry Writing Month.
National. United States federal observances are days, weeks, months, or other periods designated by the United States Congress for the commemoration or other observance of various events, activities, or topics. These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances.
It is normally observed on September 17, the day in 1787 that delegates to the Constitutional Convention signed the document in Philadelphia. [1] The United States Congress designated September 17 as Constitution Day and Citizenship Day on February 29, 1952, by joint resolution (36 U.S.C. 106). [2] It begins Constitution Week in the United ...
National Hispanic Heritage Week was established by legislation sponsored by Rep. George Brown Jr. of Los Angeles and signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in 1968, [3] [4] [5] taking place on the week including both September 15 and 16. [6]
National Volunteer Week. National Volunteer Week is an annual celebration observed in many countries, to promote and show appreciation for volunteerism and volunteering. In the United States, it is organized by the Points of Light foundation, and in Canada by Volunteer Canada. [1] It is held in those two countries in mid to late April.
September is the ninth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar and interchangeably the ninth or tenth month in the less commonly used Julian calendar. In the modern Gregorian calendar, its length is 30 days. September, from the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry. September in the Northern Hemisphere and March in the Southern Hemisphere are ...