The Holiday Series August 2015
NOTE: Syttende Mai is the day Norway ratified its constitution on 17 May 1814. However, they did not become independent from Sweden until1905, and until then, Syttende Mai celebrations were frowned upon and even forbidden. HS 1208 15 Al Wilson (CAN) Seasons Greetings HS 1209 15 Mike Connor (MN) Syttende Mai Day Congratulations to Lion Mike Connor for giving us this small bit of history by the issue of his Syttende Mai pin. NOTE: The Pin to the right was the registration pin at the Northeast Pin Swap in Boston. It was in support of the salute to the National Lobster Day celebration. HS 1210 15 Doug Raymond (IN) Santa & the Airplane HS 1211 15 Massachusetts Pin Traders National Lobster Day June 15 Each Year HS 1212 15 Mississippi Pin Traders Happy Mothers Day HS 1213 15 Charles & Coleen Michael (OK) The Real Santa & Coleen HS 1214 15 John Leggett (UK) Lincolnshire Day October 1 HS 1215 15 Pennsylvania Pin Traders Santa & His Liquid Refreshment HS-122
HS 1216 15 Yellow Hat HS 1217 15 Green Hat HS 1218 15 Black Hat HS 1219 15 Red Hat HS 1220 15 Teal Hat HS 1221 15 Purple Hat Mississippi Pin Traders Celebrating Mardi Gras 2015 HS 1222 15 Kentucky Pin Fest Registration Pin Blue State Happy Thanksgiving HS 1223 15 Kentucky Pin Fest Breakfast Pin Purple State Happy Thanksgiving HS 1224 15 Joe Volpe (VA) Happy St. Patrick s Day Red Base HS 1225 15 Joe Volpe (VA) Happy St. Patrick s Day Black Base HS-123
HS 1226 15 Pat Kerr (VA) National Bird Day January 5 HS 1227 15 Hank & Ann Ragland (VA) 24B Arbor Day Garden Week April 2015 NOTE: This page will be reprinted and the space will be filled in the September Update. HS-124
The Holiday Series Aug 2015 Thought you might like to see the Holidays that we have featured in this Series. Obviously, some have been featured multiple times. We still have ten months remaining in the series and that s plenty of time for you to feature yet another unique and possibly local holiday that most of us have never heard of before. ANZAC Day, Australia Ancient & Horribles Parade Day - July 4 April Fools Day - April 1 Arbor Day, USA Armed Forces Day, USA Australia Day - January 26 Battle of the Bulge WW II Bennington Battle Day - August 16 Birth of the U.S. Navy - October 13, 1775 Boys Day Japan - May Canada Day Canadian Octoberfest Chanukah Christmas - December 25 Cinco de Mayo Colorado Rockies Day, USA Columbus Day, USA - October 12 Commonwealth Day Confederate Memorial Day, USA D-Day 70th Anniversary Easter Fathers Day, USA Flag Day, USA - June 14 Floating Holiday Forest City Rendezvous Celebration, USA Friendship Day, USA Gay Pride Day Girls Day Japan - March Grandparents Day Granger County Tomato Festival Haitian Carnival Halloween, USA - October 31 Hawaii Statehood Day - August 21 Independence Day, USA - July 4 International Ladies of the Night Festival - June 2 Jackie Robinson Day, USA - April 15 King Kamehameha Day - June 11 Labor Day, USA - First Monday of September Labour Day, Australia Mardi Gras Martin Luther King Day, USA - January 19 Continued Next Page HS-125
May Day Memorial Day, USA Midwinter Night Antarctica - June 22 Minnesota Lions Acorn Day Minnesota Lions Pioneer Days Minnesota Winter Carnival Moneta Kite Day, USA Mothers Day, USA National Bird Day - January 5 National Day of Prayer, USA National Immunization Day National Music Day National Pig Day, USA National Spaghetti Day - January 4 National Tartan Day New Hampshire Civil Rights Day, USA - January 19 New Hampshire Fast Day, USA - March 17 New Years Day - January 1 Oklahoma Day Passover POW/MIA Recognition Day Presidents Day, USA Prince Kuhio Day, USA Purim Queen s Birthday, Australia Remembrance Day, UK & AUS - November 11 Remembrance Day, Canada - November 11 Robert Burns Day Rosh Hashanah St Francis, Minnesota Pioneer Day St George Day, UK St Patrick s Day - March 17 Saint Paul Minnesota Winter Carnival St Valentines Day - February 14 Seward s Day - Last Day of March Shavuot Thanksgiving Day, USA - 4th Thursday Veterans Day, USA - November 11 West Virginia Day - June 20 Winter Solstice Holiday World Toilet Day Yorktown Day - October 19 Yom Kippur HS-126