I am curious to know how people feel about this. I was having a conversation with someone and they said, "Did you know there is no such thing as a holiday for white people". Then I started thinking about it and I could not come up with one. I first said Christmas trying to offset Kwanzaa, But that's for Christians. So I found a website that listed all the National Holidays and most of them include everyone. Is that wrong? I have never pondered the idea before. Religions have their own and maybe the Anti Religious should be upset because they don't have one. But those Religions aren't all white either. Why would White people need a holiday? I know that some consider white to be the same as Caucasian. Which originally stood for the physical or biological type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia, Central Asia, and South Asia. Are people starting to think that their heritage is not being celebrated like St. Patrick's Day? Whose responsibility should it be to celebrate your heritage? I know there are Fesitvals for heritages, but I still don't know what the person was expecting me to say. I think its more fun to celebrate with my friends no matter who they might be. I can't think of any holidays for American Indians or Asians either.
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is January 1. The celebration
of this holiday begins the night before, when Americans gather to wish
each other a happy and prosperous coming year. Many Americans make New
Year's resolutions.
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
is celebrated on the third Monday in January. The Reverend Martin
Luther King, Jr. was an African-American clergyman who is recognized for
his tireless efforts to win civil rights for all people through
nonviolent means.
Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
is observed the third Monday of February in honor George Washington,
the first President of the United States. This date is commonly called
Presidents' Day and many groups honor the legacy of past presidents on this date.
Memorial Day
Memorial Day
is a observed the last Monday of May. It originally honored the people
killed in the American Civil War, but has become a day on which the
American dead of all wars are remembered.
Independence Day
Independence Day
is July 4. This holiday honors the nation's birthday - the adoption of
the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. It is a day of picnics
and patriotic parades, a night of concerts, and fireworks.
Labor Day
Labor Day
is the first Monday of September. This holiday honors the nation's
working people, typically with parades. For most Americans it marks the
end of the summer vacation season and the start of the school year.
Columbus Day
Columbus Day
is a celebrated on the second Monday in October. The day commemorates
October 12, 1492, when Italian navigator Christopher Columbus landed in
the New World. The holiday was first proclaimed in 1937 by President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Veterans Day
Veterans Day
is celebrated on November 11. This holiday was originally called
Armistice Day and established to honor Americans who had served in World
War I. It now honors veterans of all wars in which the U.S. has fought.
Veterans' organizations hold parades, and the president places a wreath
on the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day
is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November. In the fall of 1621,
the Pilgrims held a three-day feast to celebrate a bountiful harvest.
Many regard this event as the nation's first Thanksgiving. The
Thanksgiving feast became a national tradition and almost always
includes some of the foods served at the first feast: roast turkey,
cranberry sauce, potatoes, and pumpkin pie.
Christmas Day
Christmas
Day is a celebrated on December 25. Christmas is a Christian holiday
marking the birth of the Christ Child. Decorating houses and yards with
lights, putting up Christmas trees, giving gifts, and sending greeting
cards have become holiday traditions even for many non-Christian
Americans.
Ethnic and Religious Holidays
Various ethnic and religious groups in the United States celebrate
days with special meaning to them even though these are not national
holidays. For example, Christians celebrate the resurrection of Jesus
Christ on Easter, Jews observe their high holy days in September, and
Muslims celebrate Ramadan. There are many other religious and ethnic
celebrations in the United States.
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