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Father's Day
Observed by | Many countries
Type | Commercial
Date | Third Sunday in June (many countries); and other dates in other countries
Related to | Mother's Day, Parents' Day, Children's Day, Grandparent's Day

Father's Day is a celebration honoring fathers and celebrating fatherhood, paternal bonds, and the influence of fathers in society. Many countries celebrate it on the third Sunday of June, but it is also celebrated widely on other days. Father's Day complements Mother's Day, a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood.

## History[edit]

Father's Day is a celebration of fathers inaugurated in the United States in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day in celebrating fatherhood and male parenting.

After the success obtained by Anna Jarvis with the promotion of Mother's Day in the US, some[who?] wanted to create similar holidays for other family members, and Father's Day was the choice most likely to succeed. There were other persons in the US who independently thought of "Father's Day",[1][2] but the credit for the modern holiday is often given to Sonora Dodd,[2] who was the driving force behind its establishment.[3]

Father's Day was founded in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA in 1910 by Sonora Smart Dodd, who was born in Arkansas.[3] Its first celebration was in the Spokane YMCA on June 19, 1910.[3][4] Her father, the Civil War veteran William Jackson Smart, was a single parent who raised his six children there.[3] After hearing a sermon about Jarvis' Mother's Day in 1909, she told her pastor that fathers should have a similar holiday honoring them.[3] Although she initially suggested June 5, her father's birthday, the pastors did not have enough time to prepare their sermons, and the celebration was deferred to the third Sunday of June.[1][2]

It did not have much success initially. In the 1920s, Dodd stopped promoting the celebration because she was studying in the Art Institute of Chicago, and it faded into relative obscurity, even in Spokane.[5] In the 1930s Dodd returned to Spokane and started promoting the celebration again, raising awareness at a national level.[6] She had the help of those trade groups that would benefit most from the holiday, for example the manufacturers of ties, tobacco pipes, and any traditional present to fathers.[7] Since 1938 she had the help of the Father's Day Council, founded by the New York Associated Men's Wear Retailers to consolidate and systematize the commercial promotion.[8] Americans resisted the holiday during a few decades, perceiving it as just an attempt by merchants to replicate the commercial success of Mother's Day, and newspapers frequently featured cynical and sarcastic attacks and jokes.[9] But the trade groups did not give up: they kept promoting it and even incorporated the jokes into their adverts, and they eventually succeeded.[10] By the mid 1980s the Father's Council wrote that "(...) [Father's Day] has become a 'Second Christmas' for all the men's gift-oriented industries."[11]

A bill to accord national recognition of the holiday was introduced in Congress in 1913.[12] In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson went to Spokane to speak in a Father's Day celebration[13] and wanted to make it official, but Congress resisted, fearing that it would become commercialized.[14] US President Calvin Coolidge recommended in 1924 that the day be observed by the nation, but stopped short of issuing a national proclamation.[13] Two earlier attempts to formally recognize the holiday had been defeated by Congress.[13][15] In 1957, Maine Senator Margaret Chase Smith wrote a proposal accusing Congress of ignoring fathers for 40 years while honoring mothers, thus "[singling] out just one of our two parents".[15] In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day.[14] Six years later, the day was made a permanent national holiday when President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972.[13][14][15][16]

In addition to Father's Day, International Men's Day is celebrated in many countries on November 19 for men and boys who are not fathers.

### Similar celebrations[edit]

A "Father's Day" service was held on July 5, 1908, in Fairmont, West Virginia, in the Williams Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church South, now known as Central United Methodist Church.[1] Grace Golden Clayton was mourning the loss of her father when, on December 1907, the Monongah Mining Disaster in nearby Monongah killed 361 men, 250 of them fathers, leaving around a thousand fatherless children. Clayton suggested her pastor Robert Thomas Webb to honor all those fathers.[17][18][19] Clayton chose the Sunday nearest to the birthday of her father, Methodist minister Fletcher Golden.

Clayton's event did not have repercussions outside of Fairmont for several reasons, among them: the city was overwhelmed by other events, the celebration was never promoted outside of the town itself and no proclamation was made in the City Council. Also two events overshadowed this event: the celebration of Independence Day July 4, 1908, with 12,000 attendants and several shows including a hot air balloon event, which took over the headlines in the following days, and the death of a 16-year-old girl on July 4. The local church and Council were overwhelmed and they did not even think of promoting the event, and it was not celebrated again for many years. The original sermon was not reproduced in press and it was lost. Finally, Clayton was a quiet person, who never promoted the event or even talked to other persons about it.[17][18][19]

Clayton also may have been inspired by Anna Jarvis' crusade to establish Mother's Day; two months prior, Jarvis had held a celebration for her dead mother in Grafton, West Virginia, a town about 15 miles (24?km) away from Fairmont.[citation needed]

In 1911 Jane Addams proposed a city-wide Father's Day in Chicago, but she was turned down.[2]

In 1912 there was a Father's Day celebration in Vancouver, Washington, suggested by Methodist pastor J. J. Berringer of the Irvingtom Methodist Church. They believed mistakenly that they had been the first to celebrate such a day.[1] They followed a 1911 suggestion by the Portland Oregonian.[2]

Harry C. Meek, member of Lions Clubs International, claimed that he had first the idea for Father's Day in 1915.[1][2] Meek claimed that the third Sunday of June was chosen because it was his birthday (it would have been more natural to choose his father's birthday).[2] The Lions Club has named him "Originator of Father's Day".[1] Meek made many efforts to promote Father's Day and make it an official holiday.[1][2]

## Spelling[edit]

In the United States, Dodd used the "Fathers' Day" spelling on her original petition for the holiday,[3] but the spelling "Father's Day" was already used in 1913 when a bill was introduced to the U.S. Congress as the first attempt to establish the holiday,[12] and it was still spelled the same way when its creator was commended in 2008 by the U.S. Congress.[20]

## Dates around the world[edit]

The officially recognized date of Father's Day varies from country to country. This section lists some significant examples, in order of date of observance.

Gregorian calendar
Occurrence | Dates | Country
--- | --- | ---
February 23 |  | Russia (Defender of the Fatherland Day[21])*
March 19 |  | Andorra (Dia del Pare) Bolivia Honduras[22] Italy (Festa del Pap?) Switzerland (Canton Ticino) | Liechtenstein Portugal (Dia do Pai) Spain (D?a del Padre)
Second Sunday of May | May 13, 2012 May 12, 2013 May Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Romania[23] (Ziua Tat?lui)
May 8 |  | South Korea (Parents' Day)
Third Sunday of May | May 20, 2012 May 19, 2013 May Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Tonga
Ascension Day | Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. Error: Invalid time. | Germany
First Sunday of June | June 3, 2012 June 2, 2013 June Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Lithuania (T?vo diena) Switzerland
June 5 |  | Denmark[24] (also Constitution Day)
Second Sunday of June | June 10, 2012 June 9, 2013 June Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Austria Belgium
Third Sunday of June | June 17, 2012 June 16, 2013 June Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Afghanistan Albania Antigua and Barbuda Argentina[25] Aruba Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Bermuda Brunei Darussalam Canada Cambodia Chile[26] People's Republic of China** Colombia Costa Rica[27] | Croatia[citation needed] Cuba[28] Cyprus Czech Republic Dominica Ecuador Ethiopia France Ghana Greece Guyana Haiti[29] Hong Kong Hungary India Ireland Jamaica Japan Kosovo | Kuwait Laos Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mauritius Mexico[30] Myanmar Namibia Netherlands Nigeria Oman Pakistan Panama[31] Paraguay Peru[32] Philippines[33] | Puerto Rico Qatar Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Singapore Slovakia South Africa Sri Lanka Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Turkey United Kingdom United States Venezuela Vietnam Zambia Zimbabwe
June 17 |  | El Salvador[34] | Guatemala[35]
June 21 (first day of summer) |  | Lebanon[36] Egypt Jordan Palestine Syria Uganda
June 23 |  | Nicaragua | Poland
Second Sunday of July | July 8, 2012 July 14, 2013 July Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Uruguay
Last Sunday of July | July 29, 2012 July 28, 2013 July Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Dominican Republic
Second Sunday of August | August 12, 2012 August 11, 2013 August Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Brazil Samoa
August 8 |  | Republic of China (Taiwan)
First Sunday of September | September 2, 2012 September 1, 2013 September Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Australia Fiji | New Zealand Papua New Guinea
Second Sunday of September | September 9, 2012 September 8, 2013 September Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Latvia
Third Sunday of September | September 16, 2012 September 15, 2013 September Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Ukraine
First Sunday of October | October 7, 2012 October 6, 2013 October Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Luxembourg
November 12 |  | Indonesia
Second Sunday of November | November 11, 2012 November 10, 2013 November Expression error: Unexpected < operator, Expression error: Unexpected number. | Estonia (Isadep?ev) Finland (Is?np?iv?) Iceland | Norway Sweden
December 5 |  | Thailand (The birthday of King Bhumibol)[37]
December 26 |  | Bulgaria
Hindu calendar
Definition | Sample dates | Country/Territory
Bhadrapada Amavasya | August 29, 2011 | Nepal[38] Buwaako Mukh Herne Din or ?????? ??? ?????? ??? (???? ????) | India
Iranian calendar
Occurrence | Sample dates | Country/Territory
4 Shahrivar | August 21, 2009 | Iran
Islamic calendar
Occurrence | Sample dates | Country/Territory
13 Rajab | 16 June 2011 | Pakistan

*Officially, as the name suggests, the holiday celebrates people who are serving or were serving the Russian Armed Forces (both men and women). But the congratulations are traditionally, nationally accepted by all fathers, other adult men and male children as well.[citation needed]
**In China during Republican period prior to 1949, Father's Day on August 8 was first held in Shanghai in 1945.

## International history and traditions[edit]

In a few Catholic countries, it is celebrated on the Feast of St. Joseph.[citation needed]

### Argentina[edit]

Father's Day in Argentina is celebrated on the third Sunday of June, but there have been several attempts to change the date to August 24, to commemorate the day on which the "Father of the Nation" Jos? de San Mart?n became a father.[25]

In 1953 the proposal to celebrate Father's Day in all educational establishments on August 24, in honor of Jos? de San Mart?n, was raised to the General Direction of Schools of Mendoza Province. The day was celebrated for the first time in 1958, on the third Sunday of June, but it was not included in the school calendars due to pressure from several groups.[39]

Schools in the Mendoza Province continued to celebrate Father's Day on August 24, and, in 1982, the Provincial Governor passed a law declaring Father's Day in the province to be celebrated on that day.[39]

In 2004, several proposals to change the date to August 24 were presented to the Argentine Chamber of Deputies as a single, unified project.[39] After being approved, the project was passed to the Senate of Argentina for final review and approval. The Senate changed the proposed new date to the third Sunday of August, and scheduled the project for approval. However, the project was never addressed during the Senate's planned session, which caused its ultimate failure.[40]

### Aruba[edit]

In Aruba, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Australia[edit]

In Australia, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September, which is the first Sunday of Spring, and is not a public holiday. YMCA Victoria continues the tradition of honouring the role fathers, and father figures play in parenting through the annual awarding of Local Community Father of the Year in 32 municipalities in Victoria. The Father's Day Council of Victoria annually recognise fathers in the Father of the Year Award.[41]

### Brazil[edit]

In Brazil Father's Day (Dia dos Pais, in Portuguese) celebrated 3 months after Mother's Day, on the second Sunday of August. A publicist Sylvio Bhering in the mid-1950s selected the date in honor of Saint Joachim, patriarch of family (as well as the Catholic day of godfathers). It is not an official holiday (see Public holidays in Brazil), but it is widely observed and typically involves spending time with and giving gifts to one's father.

### Canada[edit]

In Canada, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. Father's Day typically involves spending time with one's father or the father figures in one's life. Small celebrations and the giving of gifts may be part of the festivities organized for Father's Day.

### Costa Rica[edit]

In Costa Rica the Unidad Social Cristiana party presented a bill to change the celebration of the day from the third Sunday of June to March 19, the day of Saint Joseph.[42] That was in order to give tribute to this saint, who gave the name to the capital of the country San Jos?, Costa Rica, and so family heads will be able to celebrate the Father's Day at the same time as the Feast of Saint Joseph the Worker.[27] The official date is still third Sunday of June.

### Denmark[edit]

In Denmark, Father's Day is celebrated on June 5.[24] It coincides with Constitution Day.

### Finland[edit]

In Finland, Father's Day (Is?np?iv?) is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It's an established Flag day.

### Germany[edit]

Hiking/drinking tour on Herrentag

In Germany, Father's Day (Vatertag) is celebrated differently from other parts of the world.[43][44] It is always celebrated on Ascension Day (the Thursday forty days after Easter), which is a federal holiday. Regionally, it is also called men's day, M?nnertag, or gentlemen's day, Herrentag. It is tradition for groups of males (young and old but usually excluding pre-teenage boys) to do a hiking tour with one or more smaller wagons, Bollerwagen, pulled by manpower. In the wagons are wine or beer (according to region) and traditional regional food, Hausmannskost. Many men use this holiday as an opportunity to get drunk.[44]

These traditions are probably rooted in Christian Ascension Day's processions to the farmlands,[45][46] some of which reportedly took on the character of drinking sprees as early as in the 17th century.[45] Similar "gentlemen parties" have also taken place in the streets of urban areas, especially Berlin, since the 19th century.[45] However, many fathers opt to spend the day with their families instead and refrain from getting drunk.[45][46] Many people will take the following Friday off at work, and some schools are closed on that Friday as well; many people then use the resulting four-day long weekend for a short vacation.

### Hong Kong[edit]

In Hong Kong, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Hungary[edit]

In Hungary, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Ireland[edit]

In Ireland, Father's Day (Irish: L? an Athar) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June.

### Iran[edit]

Father's day in Iran is celebrated on the 4th of Shahrivar (sixth month of the Iranian solar calendar), which began with the prophet Zoroaster around 1800 BCE.

### Italy[edit]

In Italy, according to the Roman Catholic tradition, fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph ("Festa di San Giuseppe"), March 19. It is not a public holiday.

### Japan[edit]

Main article: Public holidays in Japan

In Japan, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Korea[edit]

In Korea, Parents' day is celebrated on 8 May and is not a public holiday.

### Macau[edit]

In Macau, Father's Day (Dia do Pai) is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Malaysia[edit]

In Malaysia, Father's Day is on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Mexico[edit]

In Mexico, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

### Seychelles[edit]

In Seychelles, Father's Day is celebrated on the 16th day of June and is not a public holiday.

### Nepal[edit]

Main article: Gokarna Aunsi

The Newar population (natives of Kathmandu valley) in Nepal honors fathers on the day of Gokarna Aunsi, which occurs in late August or early September, depending on the year, since it depends on the lunar calendar. The Western-inspired celebration of Father's Day that was imported into the country is always celebrated in the same day as Gokarna Aunsi.

The rest of the population has also begun to celebrate the Gokarna Aunsi day [47] It is commonly known as Abu ya Khwa Swoyegu in Nepal Bhasa or Buwaako mukh herne din (?????? ??? ?????? ???) in Nepali (literally "day for looking at father?s face").[38][48] On the new moon day (Amavasya) Hindus go to the Shiva temple of Gokarneswor Mahadev, in Gokarna, a suburb of Kathmandu while Buddhists go to Jana Bahal (Seto Machhindra Nath or white Tara) temple in Kathmandu to pay respect to their deceased father.

### New Zealand[edit]

In New Zealand, Father's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday of September and is not a public holiday.

### Norway[edit]

In Norway, Father's day (Farsdag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November. It is not a public holiday.

### Peru[edit]

In Peru, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday. People usually give a present to their fathers and spend time with him mostly during a family meal.

### Philippines[edit]

In Philippines, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but it is widely observed on the 3rd Sunday of June. Most Filipinos born in the 1960s and 1970s did not celebrate Father's day, but Filipinos now follow this tradition and other American holidays, most likely due to the influence of the United States through television and the internet.

### Poland[edit]

In Poland, Father's Day is celebrated on June 23.

### Portugal[edit]

Father's Day is celebrated on March 19 (see Roman Catholic tradition below) in Portugal. Father's Day is not a bank holiday.

### Roman Catholic tradition[edit]

In the Roman Catholic tradition, Fathers are celebrated on Saint Joseph's Day, commonly called Feast of Saint Joseph, March 19, though in certain countries Father's Day has become a secular celebration.[49] It is also common for Catholics to honor their "spiritual father," their parish priest, on Father's Day.[50]

### Romania[edit]

Beginning with 2010, in Romania, Father's Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May and it is recognized officially by the state. Out of the 27 states in the European Union, it was the only one without an official Father's Day. Law 319/2009 made both Mother's Day and Father's Day official in Romania, and it was passed thanks to the campaigning from the Alliance Fighting Discrimination Against Fathers (TATA)[23] Romanian Father's day for 2012 was celebrated on May 13.

### Russia[edit]

Russia continues the USSR tradition of celebrating Defender of the Fatherland Day instead of Father's Day. It is usually called "Men's Day" and it is considered the Russian equivalent of Father's Day.[21]

### Singapore[edit]

In Singapore, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June but is not a public holiday.

### Spain[edit]

Father's Day, El D?a del Padre, is observed on the Feast day of Saint Joseph, which is March 19.[51] As a Saint's Day, banks and many stores close.

### Sweden[edit]

In Sweden, Father's day (Fars dag), is celebrated on the second Sunday of November, but is not a public holiday.

### Taiwan[edit]

Main article: Public holidays in the Republic of China

In Taiwan, Father's Day is not an official holiday, but is widely observed on August 8, the eighth day of the eighth month of the year. In Mandarin Chinese, the pronunciation of both the number 8 and the month of August is b?. This pronunciation is very similar to the character "?" "b?", which means "Papa" or "father". The Taiwanese, therefore, usually call August 8 by its nickname, "B?b? Holiday" (???).

### Thailand[edit]

In Thailand, Father's Day is set as the birthday of the king.[37] December 5 is the birthday of the current king, Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX). Traditionally, Thais celebrate by giving their father or grandfather a Canna flower (???????????? Dok Buddha Ruksa), which is considered a masculine flower; however, this is not as commonly practiced today. Thai people will wear yellow on this day to show respect for the king, because yellow is the Color of the day for Monday, the day King Bhumibol Adulyadej was born. In 2007, King Bhumibol Adulyadej was seen leaving the hospital wearing a baby pink blazer. Today, Thais wear pink instead of the yellow.

It first gained nationwide popularity in the 1980s as part of a campaign by Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to promote Thailand's royal family.[37] Mother's Day is celebrated on the birthday of Queen Sirikit,[37] August 12.

### United Kingdom[edit]

In the United Kingdom, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday in June and is not a public holiday.

### United States[edit]

Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June. In recent years, retailers have adapted to the holiday by promoting greeting cards and traditionally male-oriented gifts such as electronics and tools. Schools and other children's programs commonly have activities to make Father's Day gifts.

More phone calls are made in the United States during Mother's Day than during Father's Day, but the percentage of collect calls on Father's Day is much higher, making it the busiest day of the year for collect calls.[52][53]

Father's Day is accompanied by a smaller total number of phone calls, greeting cards and gifts than Mother's Day. It is speculated that this is due to the greater number of households with a mother than households with a father (due to single mothers), to the greater role of mothers in housework, and to historical advantage - Mother's Day began in 1870 and became official in 1914 while Father's Day only became official in 1972.[53]

### Venezuela[edit]

In Venezuela, Father's Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of June and is not a public holiday.

## See also[edit]

| Holidays portal

- Mother's Day
- National Grandparents Day

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## External links[edit]

| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Father's Day.

- Father's Day at the Open Directory Project
- Proclamations by US Presidents on Father's Day, from George W. Bush and Bill Clinton

Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States
January | New Year's Day (Federal) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Federal) Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day (FL, GA) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) Chinese New Year (Week, also in February)
February | Valentine's Day (Religious) Washington's Birthday (Federal, also known as "Presidents' Day") Georgia Day (GA) Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) Mardi Gras (FL, LA, Religious) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day (CA, OH) Susan B. Anthony Day (FL, WI, WV) National Freedom Day (36) Ash Wednesday (Religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (Religious) Four Chaplains Day Groundhog Day American Heart Month Black History Month
March | Easter (Religious, sometimes in April) Saint Patrick's Day Spring break (Week) Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, Religious, sometimes in April) Holi (Religious) Pi Day Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX) Evacuation Day (MA) Mardi Gras (FL, LA) Maryland Day (MD) Passover (Religious, sometimes in April) Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT) Ash Wednesday (Religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (Religious) Easter Monday (Religious) Palm Sunday (Religious, Week, sometimes in April) Saint Joseph's Day (Religious) Women's History Month National Poison Prevention Week (Week)
April | Easter (Religious, sometimes in March) April Fool's Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC) Emancipation Day (DC) Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Pascua Florida Day (FL) Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day (TX) Mahavir Jayanti (Religious) Earth Day 420 Day Record Store Day Walpurgis Night Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (Week) Confederate History Month (Month)
May | Memorial Day (Federal) Mother's Day (36) Cinco de Mayo Harvey Milk Day (CA) Truman Day (MO) Malcolm X Day (Berkeley, CA) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day (36) Military Spouse Day May Day Free Comic Book Day Walpurgis Night Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (Month) Jewish American Heritage Month (Month)
June | Father's Day (36) Flag Day (FL, PA) Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth (TX) Helen Keller Day (PA) Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day (HI) West Virginia Day (WV) National Doughnut Day Honor America Days (Week) Senior Week (Week) Gay and Lesbian Pride Month (Month)
July | Independence Day (Federal) Pioneer Day (UT) Parents' Day (36) Ramadan (Religious, Month) Honor America Days (Week) National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day (36)
August | Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory over Japan Day (RI) National Aviation Day (36) Women's Equality Day (36)
September | Labor Day (Federal) Rosh Hashanah (Religious) Yom Kippur (Religious) Native American Day (CA) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Gold Star Mothers Day (36) National Grandparents Day (36) Patriot Day (36) Constitution Week (Week) National Payroll Week (Week) National Hispanic Heritage Month (Month)
October | Halloween Columbus Day (Federal) Alaska Day (AK) Missouri Day (MO) Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day (NV) Child Health Day (36) Leif Erikson Day (36) White Cane Safety Day (36) Diwali (Religious) Yom Kippur (Religious) General Pulaski Memorial Day Sweetest Day National School Lunch Week (Week) Filipino American History Month (Month) LGBT History Month (Month) National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (Month) National Disability Employment Awareness Month (Month) National Hispanic Heritage Month (Month) Gandhi Day
November | Thanksgiving (Federal) Day after Thanksgiving (DE) Veterans Day (Federal) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV) Family Day (NV) Native American Heritage Day (MD) Obama Day (Perry County, AL) Diwali (Religious) Hanukkah (Religious)
December | Christmas (Religious, Federal) Kwanzaa (Religious, Week) Christmas Eve (KY, NC) New Year's Eve Hanukkah (Religious, Week) Alabama Day (AL) Indiana Day (IN) New Year's Eve (KY) Rosa Parks Day (CA, OH) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) Pan American Aviation Day (36) Wright Brothers Day (36) Festivus
Legend: (Federal) = Federal holidays, (State) = State holidays, (Religious) = Religious holidays, (Week) = Weeklong holidays, (Month) = Monthlong holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies Bolded text indicates major holidays that are commonly celebrated by Americans, which often represents the major celebration of the month.[1][2] See also: Lists of holidays, Hallmark holiday, Public holidays in the United States, Public holidays in Puerto Rico, and Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands

Mexican public holidays
Statutory holidays | Año Nuevo Día de la Constitución Natalicio de Benito Juárez Día del Trabajo Día de Independencia Día de la Revolución Transmisión del Poder Ejecutivo Federal Navidad
Civic holidays | Día del Ejército Día de la Bandera Aniversario de la Expropiación petrolera Heroica Defensa de Veracruz Cinco de Mayo Natalicio de Miguel Hidalgo Día de la Marina Grito de Dolores Día de los Niños Héroes Consumación de la Independencia Natalicio de José Ma. Morelos y Pavón Descubrimiento de América
Festivities | Día de los Santos Reyes Día de San Valentín Día del Niño Día de las Madres Día del Maestro Día del estudiante Día del Padre Día de Todos los Santos Día de los Fieles Difuntos Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe Las Posadas Nochebuena Dia de los Santos Inocentes