A List of Commemorative Months & Days
January:
Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday (Third Monday of January)
Robert E. Lee Day (January 19)
Confederate Heroes Day (January 19)
February:
President’s Day
African American History Month
African American Coaches Day (Feb 7)
Man Day (Feb 12)
NAACP Day (Feb 12)
Frederick Douglass Day (Feb 14)
March:
Women’s History Month
Irish-American Heritage Month
Greek-American Heritage Month
St. Urho’s Day (Finnish-American) (Mar 16)
St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)
Greek Independence Day (March 25)
International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic (March 25)
April:
Arab-American Heritage Month
Tartan (Scottish-American) Heritage Month
Confederate History Month
Tartan Day (April 6)
Confederate Memorial Day (Varies depending on the state, usually on April 26 or June 3)
May:
South Asian Heritage Month
Haitian Heritage Month
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Jewish-American Heritage Month
Latino Books Month
June:
Flag Day
Caribbean American Heritage Month
International Men’s Month
Gay/Lesbian Pride Month
Black Music Month
Juneteenth (Emancipation Proclamation Day)
Kamehameha Day (June 11)
Honor America Days (June 14-July 4)
Midsummer Day (Swedish Holiday celebrated in various places in America)
July:
Independence Day
French-American Heritage Month
Bastille Day (July 14)
August:
Lughnasa (Irish Pagan Holiday) (August 1)
International Lefthander’s Day (Aug 13) (Because we lefty’s need our own damn day)
National Navajo Code Talkers Day (Aug 14)
September
Constitution Day
Bourbon Heritage Month
National Hispanic Heritage Month
German-American Heritage Month
National Historically Black Colleges & Universities Week
Mayflower Day (September 16)
Trail of Tears Commemoration Day (September 16)
Ancestor Appreciation Day (September 27)
October:
Filipino American History Month
Polish-American Heritage Month
LGBT History Month
Italian-American Heritage Month
German-American Day (October 6)
International African Diaspora Day (October 7)
Columbus Day (October 8)
Native American Day (October 8)
Leif Erikson Day (October 9)
General Pulaski Memorial Day (October 11)
November:
Veterans’ Day
American Indian Heritage Month
Alaska Native Heritage Month
Dutch American Heritage Day (November 16) (Unofficial)
Many of these days/months need to be reviewed and perhaps deep-sixed in the spirit of unity. Singling out special groups to be celebrated is un-American.