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New Year's Day is celebrated on January 1st and marks the beginning of the new year on both the Gregorian and Julian calendars. Valentine's Day on February 14th originated as a celebration of fertility in ancient Rome. St. Patrick's Day on March 17th commemorates the death of St. Patrick and is celebrated with religious services and festivities. Earth Day on March 20th/21st or April 22nd aims to increase environmental awareness. Memorial Day in May honors Americans who died serving in the military. The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th, 1776, setting the 13 colonies on the path to independence. Thanksgiving in November originated from a 1621 harvest feast shared by the Plymouth colonists and Wamp

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Kristin Mattingly
JANUARY According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian Calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the closest thing to being the world's only truly global public holiday.
FEBRUARY According to holidayinsights.com: Valentine's Day is a celebration of love and lovers. The roots of Valentine's Day goes back to ancient times, when people paid honor to the Roman God of Fertility. This was known as the Feast of Lupercalia, and was celebrated even then on February 14th.
MARCH According to history.com: St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the saint's religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon
April According to Holiday Smart web site: Earth Day is a global holiday celebrated as a day to bring awareness and appreciation for the Earth and it's environment. It is celebrated internationally on the first day of Spring in March, usually on March 20th or 21st and in some places on April 22nd.
MAY According to www.usmemorialday.org: Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. Memorial Day was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan.
June Flag Day is said to have first been celebrated way back on June 14, 1885, when schoolteacher B.J. Cigrand had his class celebrate the flag’s birthday. It was officially declared a holiday by President Harry Truman in 1949.
July According to Census.gov: On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country
August Can’t really find a decent holiday for August. Its just hot! According to weatherbyday.com: The highest recorded temperature in August for Louisville Kentucky for the past 63 years was 105 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently encountered on August 16, 2007, and the typical high is 86
September According to timeanddate.com: The first Labor Day was held in 1882. Its origins stem from the desire of the Central Labor Union to create a holiday for workers. It became a federal holiday in 1894.
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November According to history.com: In 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast that is acknowledged today as one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations in the colonies. It wasn't until 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day to be held each November.
December According to history.com: Christians celebrate Christmas Day as the anniversary of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, a spiritual leader whose teachings form the basis of their religion.
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