Honor America Days

Honor America Days
Date	June 14 to July 4
Frequency	annual

Honor America Days are a United States Federal Observance observed June 14 to July 4. According to 36 U.S.C. § 112, the 21 days from Flag Day through Independence Day is a period to honor the United States. On these days, U.S. Congress declares that there be public gatherings and activities during that period at which the people of the United States can celebrate and honor their country in an appropriate way.^[1]

Notes

↑ 36 U.S.C. § 120

Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States
January	New Year's Day (federal) Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal) Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Fred Korematsu Day (CA, FL, HI, VA) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Inauguration Day (federal quadrennial, DC area) Kansas Day (KS) Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day (FL) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) The Eighth (LA)
January–February	Super Bowl Sunday
February American Heart Month Black History Month	Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day (federal) Valentine's Day Georgia Day (GA) Groundhog Day Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) National Girls and Women in Sports Day National Freedom Day (36) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO) Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)
February–March	Mardi Gras Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (religious) Super Tuesday
March Irish-American Heritage Month National Colon Cancer Awareness Month Women's History Month	St. Patrick's Day (religious) Spring break (week) Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, MA) Harriet Tubman Day (NY) Holi (NY, religious) Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA) Maryland Day (MD) National Poison Prevention Week (week) Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day (HI) Saint Joseph's Day (religious) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT)
March–April	Easter (religious) Palm Sunday (religious) Passover (religious) Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, religious) Easter Monday (religious)
April Confederate History Month	420 Day April Fools' Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day (AL, MS) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week) Earth Day Emancipation Day (DC) Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Pascua Florida (FL) Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day (TX) Siblings Day Walpurgis Night (religious)
May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month	Memorial Day (federal) Mother's Day (36) Cinco de Mayo Harvey Milk Day (CA) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) Malcolm X Day (CA, IL, proposed federal) May Day Military Spouse Day National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day (36) Truman Day (MO)
June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month	Father's Day (36) Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, MA) Carolina Day (SC) Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth (TX) Flag Day (36, proposed federal) Helen Keller Day (PA) Honor America Days (3 weeks) Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day (HI) Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Senior Week (week) West Virginia Day (WV)
July	Independence Day (federal) Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (HI, unofficial) Parents' Day (36) Pioneer Day (UT)
July–August	Summer vacation
August	American Family Day (AZ) Barack Obama Day (IL) Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) National Aviation Day (36) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory Day (RI) Women's Equality Day (36)
September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month	Labor Day (federal) California Admission Day (CA) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Constitution Week (week) Defenders Day (MD) Gold Star Mother's Day (36) National Grandparents Day (36) National Payroll Week (week) Native American Day (CA, TN, proposed federal) Patriot Day (36)
September–October Hispanic Heritage Month	Oktoberfest Rosh Hashanah (religious) Yom Kippur (religious)
October Breast Cancer Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month	Columbus Day (federal) Halloween Alaska Day (AK) Child Health Day (36) General Pulaski Memorial Day German-American Day Indigenous Peoples' Day (VT) International Day of Non-Violence Leif Erikson Day (36) Missouri Day (MO) National School Lunch Week Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day (NV) Sweetest Day White Cane Safety Day (36)
October–November	Diwali (religious)
November Native American Indian Heritage Month	Veterans Day (federal) Thanksgiving (federal) Day after Thanksgiving (24) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV, proposed federal) Family Day (NV) Hanukkah (religious) Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial) Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA) Barack Obama Day (Perry County, AL)
December	Christmas (religious, federal) Alabama Day (AL) Christmas Eve (KY, NC, SC) Day after Christmas (KY, NC, SC, TX) Festivus Hanukkah (religious, week) Indiana Day (IN) Kwanzaa (religious, week) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) New Year's Eve Pan American Aviation Day (36) Rosa Parks Day (OH, OR) Wright Brothers Day (36)
Varies (year round)	Eid al-Adha (religious) Eid al-Fitr (religious) Ramadan (religious, month)
Legend: (federal) = federal holidays, (state) = state holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (week) = weeklong holidays, (month) = monthlong holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies Bold indicates major holidays commonly celebrated in the United States, which often represent the major celebrations of the month. See also: Lists of holidays, Hallmark holidays, public holidays in the United States, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.

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