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People across the United States celebrate Flag Day on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag and to commemorate the flag’s adoption. On the same day, the […]

Father's Day in the United States is on the third Sunday of June. It celebrates the contribution that fathers and father figures make for their children's lives. Its origins may […]

American Eagle Day celebrates one of the most recognizable American national symbols – the once-endangered bald eagle. Each year on June 20th, National American Eagle Day honors our national symbol, […]

Columbus Day, which is on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus' arrival to the Americas on October 12, 1492. This holiday is controversial because the European settlement in […]

While the second Monday of October marks Columbus Day in many parts of the United States, some states instead observe Native American Day, a celebration of North America's Indigenous peoples […]

Rosa Parks Day is an American observance to honor civil rights activist Rosa Parks, who was known for refusing to give up her seat on a bus. The First Day […]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, which is annually on December 7, commemorates the attack on Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii, during World War II. Many American service men and women lost […]

Join NHLBI, The Heart Truth, and organizations around the country on National Wear Red Day, celebrated each year on the first Friday in February, to bring greater attention to heart […]

D-Day is observed in the U.S. in memory of the Normandy landings in France on June 6, 1944, in which American soldiers and other Allied forces fought to end World […]

People across the United States celebrate Flag Day on June 14 each year to honor the United States flag and to commemorate the flag’s adoption. On the same day, the […]

American Eagle Day celebrates one of the most recognizable American national symbols – the once-endangered bald eagle. Each year on June 20th, National American Eagle Day honors our national symbol, […]