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</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hd" style="background-color: #ddccff">Cancer Control Month</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Observed by</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">April</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Frequency</th><td class="infobox-data">annual</td></tr></tbody></table>
<p><b>Cancer Control Month</b> is a month-long <a href="United_States_observance" class="mw-redirect" title="United States observance">United States observance</a> established by <b><a href="Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">36 U.S.C.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/103">§ 103</a></b>, a joint resolution approved in 1938 by the Congress and amended to request the President to issue an annual proclamation.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>In 2024, the presidential proclamation declares April the National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Month.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>(a) The president is requested to issue each year a proclamation—<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<dl><dd>(1) designating April as Cancer Control Month;</dd>
<dd>(2) to invite each year the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating April as Cancer Control Month.</dd></dl>
<p>(b) Contents of Proclamations.— As part of those proclamations, the chief executive officers and president are requested to invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States aware of the need for the program.
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<ul><li><a href="Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">Title 36 of the United States Code</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Coalition_for_Cancer_Survivorship" title="National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship">National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120715140027/http://origin.www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2009-title36/html/USCODE-2009-title36-subtitleI-partA-chap1-sec101.htm">36 U.S.C. § 101</a> from the <a href="United_States_Government_Printing_Office" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Government Printing Office">United States Government Printing Office</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/36/101-">36 U.S.C. § 101</a> from <a href="Cornell_Law_School" title="Cornell Law School">Cornell Law School</a></li></ul>
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</style><cite id="CITEREFRoosevelt1938" class="citation web cs1">Roosevelt, Franklin (1938). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-2277-cancer-control-month">"Proclamation 2277—Cancer Control Month"</a>. <i><a href="The_American_Presidency_Project" title="The American Presidency Project">The American Presidency Project</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">April 12,</span> 2024</span>.</cite></span>
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<li><a href="Saviours'_Day" title="Saviours' Day">Saviours' Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Susan_B._Anthony_Day" title="Susan B. Anthony Day">Susan B. Anthony Day</a> (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Tu_BiShvat" title="Tu BiShvat">Tu B’shvat</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">February–March</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Mardi_Gras" title="Mardi Gras">Mardi Gras</a></li>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Ash_Wednesday" title="Ash Wednesday">Ash Wednesday</a> (PR, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Carnival" title="Carnival">Carnival</a> (PR, VI, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Clean_Monday" title="Clean Monday">Clean Monday</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Courir_de_Mardi_Gras" title="Courir de Mardi Gras">Courir de Mardi Gras</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ayy%C3%A1m-i-H%C3%A1" title="Ayyám-i-Há">Intercalary Days</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Maha_Shivaratri" title="Maha Shivaratri">Mahashivaratri</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Purim" title="Purim">Purim</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Shrove_Tuesday" title="Shrove Tuesday">Shrove Tuesday</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Super_Tuesday" title="Super Tuesday">Super Tuesday</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March<br><a href="Irish-American_Heritage_Month" title="Irish-American Heritage Month">Irish-American Heritage Month</a><br><a href="National_Colon_Cancer_Awareness_Month" title="National Colon Cancer Awareness Month">Colon Cancer Awareness Month</a><br><a href="Women's_History_Month" title="Women's History Month">Women's History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Saint_Patrick's_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a> (ethnic)</li>
<li><a href="Spring_break" title="Spring break">Spring break</a> (week)</li>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Annunciation" title="Annunciation">Annunciation of the Virgin Mary / Annunciation of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Casimir_Pulaski_Day" title="Casimir Pulaski Day">Casimir Pulaski Day</a> (IL)</li>
<li><a href="Cesar_Chavez_Day" title="Cesar Chavez Day">Cesar Chavez Day</a> (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Emancipation_Day#Puerto_Rico" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day in Puerto Rico</a> (PR, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Evacuation_Day_(Massachusetts)" title="Evacuation Day (Massachusetts)">Evacuation Day</a> (Suffolk County, MA)</li>
<li><a href="Harriet_Tubman_Day" title="Harriet Tubman Day">Harriet Tubman Day</a> (NY)</li>
<li><a href="Hola_Mohalla" title="Hola Mohalla">Hola Mohalla</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Holi" title="Holi">Holi</a> (NY, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Isra_and_Mi'raj" class="mw-redirect" title="Isra and Mi'raj">Lailat al-Mi'raj</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Liberation_and_Freedom_Day" title="Liberation and Freedom Day">Liberation and Freedom Day</a> (Charlottesville, VA, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Mardi_Gras_in_the_United_States" title="Mardi Gras in the United States">Mardi Gras</a> (AL (in two counties), LA)</li>
<li><a href="Maryland_Day" title="Maryland Day">Maryland Day</a> (MD)</li>
<li><a href="Medal_of_Honor_Day" title="Medal of Honor Day">Medal of Honor Day</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Poison_Prevention_Week" title="National Poison Prevention Week">National Poison Prevention Week</a> (week)</li>
<li><a href="Nowruz" title="Nowruz">Nowruz</a> (cultural, religious)</li>
<li><a href="%C4%92ostre" title="Ēostre">Ostara</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Pi_Day" title="Pi Day">Pi Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Prince_K%C5%ABhi%C5%8D_Day" title="Prince Kūhiō Day">Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day</a> (HI)</li>
<li><a href="Promised_Messiah_Day" title="Promised Messiah Day">Promised Messiah Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Saint_Joseph's_Day" title="Saint Joseph's Day">Saint Joseph's Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Seward's_Day" title="Seward's Day">Seward's Day</a> (AK)</li>
<li><a href="Texas_Independence_Day" title="Texas Independence Day">Texas Independence Day</a> (TX)</li>
<li><a href="Town_meeting#Vermont" title="Town meeting">Town Meeting Day</a> (VT)</li>
<li><a href="Transfer_Day" title="Transfer Day">Transfer Day</a> (VI)</li>
<li><a href="U.S._Hostage_and_Wrongful_Detainee_Day" title="U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day">U.S. Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="International_Transgender_Day_of_Visibility" title="International Transgender Day of Visibility">Trans Day of Visibility</a> (cultural)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">March–April</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Easter" title="Easter">Easter</a> (religious)</li>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Good_Friday" title="Good Friday">Good Friday</a> (CT, NC, PR, NJ, VI, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Hanuman_Jayanti" title="Hanuman Jayanti">Hanuman Jayanti</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Maundy_Thursday" title="Maundy Thursday">Holy Thursday</a> (PR, VI, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Holy_Week" title="Holy Week">Holy Week</a> (PR, religious, week)</li>
<li><a href="Lazarus_Saturday" title="Lazarus Saturday">Lazarus Saturday</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Mahavir_Janma_Kalyanak" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahavir Janma Kalyanak">Mahavir Janma Kalyanak</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Mesha_Sankranti" title="Mesha Sankranti">Mesha Sankranti / Hindu New Year</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Palm_Sunday" title="Palm Sunday">Palm Sunday</a> (PR, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Passover" title="Passover">Passover</a> (religious, week)</li>
<li><a href="Easter_Monday" title="Easter Monday">Easter Monday / Bright Monday</a> (VI, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Rama_Navami" title="Rama Navami">Ramnavami</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ugadi" title="Ugadi">Chandramana Uugadi / Souramana Uugadi</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">April<br><a href="National_Arab_American_Heritage_Month" title="National Arab American Heritage Month">Arab American Heritage Month</a><br><a href="Confederate_History_Month" title="Confederate History Month">Confederate History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="420_(cannabis_culture)" title="420 (cannabis culture)">420</a></li>
<li><a href="April_Fools'_Day" title="April Fools' Day">April Fools' Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Arbor_Day" title="Arbor Day">Arbor Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Jos%C3%A9_de_Diego" title="José de Diego">Birthday of José de Diego</a> (PR)</li>
<li><a href="Confederate_Memorial_Day" title="Confederate Memorial Day">Confederate Memorial Day</a> (AL, MS)</li>
<li><a href="Days_of_Remembrance_of_the_Victims_of_the_Holocaust" title="Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust">Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust</a> (week)</li>
<li><a href="DNA_Day" title="DNA Day">DNA Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Earth_Day" title="Earth Day">Earth Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Emancipation_Day" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day</a> (cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Jefferson's_Birthday" title="Jefferson's Birthday">Thomas Jefferson's Birthday</a> (AL)</li>
<li><a href="Lag_BaOmer" title="Lag BaOmer">Lag B’Omer</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Great_Lent" title="Great Lent">Last Friday of Great Lent</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="National_First_Ladies_Day" title="National First Ladies Day">National First Ladies Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Pascua_Florida" title="Pascua Florida">Pascua Florida</a> (FL)</li>
<li><a href="Patriots'_Day" title="Patriots' Day">Patriots' Day</a> (MA, ME)</li>
<li><a href="Ridv%C3%A1n" title="Ridván">Ridván</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="San_Jacinto_Day" title="San Jacinto Day">San Jacinto Day</a> (TX)</li>
<li><a href="Siblings_Day" title="Siblings Day">Siblings Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Walpurgis_Night" title="Walpurgis Night">Walpurgis Night</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Independence_Day_(Israel)" title="Independence Day (Israel)">Yom Ha'atzmaut</a> (cultural, religious)</li>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">May<br><a href="Asian_American_and_Pacific_Islander_Heritage_Month" title="Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month">Asian American and<br>Pacific Islander Heritage Month</a><br><a href="Jewish_American_Heritage_Month" title="Jewish American Heritage Month">Jewish American Heritage Month</a><br><a href="National_Military_Appreciation_Month" title="National Military Appreciation Month">Military Appreciation Month</a><br></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a> (federal)</li>
<li><a href="Mother's_Day_(United_States)" title="Mother's Day (United States)">Mother's Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Cinco_de_Mayo" title="Cinco de Mayo">Cinco de Mayo</a></li></ul>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Holy_Days" title="Baháʼí Holy Days">Ascension of Baháʼu'lláh</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ascension_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Ascension Day">Ascension of Our Lord</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Caliphate_Day" title="Caliphate Day">Caliphate Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_Holy_Days" title="Baháʼí Holy Days">Declaration of the Bab</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Harvey_Milk_Day" title="Harvey Milk Day">Harvey Milk Day</a> (CA)</li>
<li><a href="International_Workers'_Day" title="International Workers' Day">International Workers' Day</a> / <a href="May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a> (CA, unofficial, proposed state)</li>
<li><a href="Law_Day_(United_States)" title="Law Day (United States)">Law Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Loyalty_Day" title="Loyalty Day">Loyalty Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Malcolm_X_Day" title="Malcolm X Day">Malcolm X Day</a> (CA, IL, proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Military_Spouse_Day" title="Military Spouse Day">Military Spouse Day</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Day_of_Prayer" title="National Day of Prayer">National Day of Prayer</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="National_Day_of_Reason" title="National Day of Reason">National Day of Reason</a></li>
<li><a href="National_Defense_Transportation_Day" title="National Defense Transportation Day">National Defense Transportation Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="United_States_National_Maritime_Day" title="United States National Maritime Day">National Maritime Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Peace_Officers_Memorial_Day" title="Peace Officers Memorial Day">Peace Officers Memorial Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Pentecost" title="Pentecost">Pentecost</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Shavuot" title="Shavuot">Shavuot</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Truman_Day" title="Truman Day">Truman Day</a> (MO)</li>
<li><a href="Vesak" title="Vesak">Vesak</a> / <a href="Buddha's_Birthday" title="Buddha's Birthday">Buddha's Birthday</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">June<br><a href="Pride_Month" title="Pride Month">Pride Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Juneteenth" title="Juneteenth">Juneteenth</a> (federal, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Father's_Day_(United_States)" title="Father's Day (United States)">Father's Day</a> (36)</li>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Bunker_Hill_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunker Hill Day">Bunker Hill Day</a> (Suffolk County, MA)</li>
<li><a href="Carolina_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolina Day">Carolina Day</a> (SC)</li>
<li><a href="Don_Young_Day" title="Don Young Day">Don Young Day</a> (AK)</li>
<li><a href="Apostles'_Fast" title="Apostles' Fast">Fast of the Holy Apostles</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Flag_Day_(United_States)" title="Flag Day (United States)">Flag Day</a> (36, proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Helen_Keller_Day" title="Helen Keller Day">Helen Keller Day</a> (PA)</li>
<li><a href="Honor_America_Days" class="mw-redirect" title="Honor America Days">Honor America Days</a> (3 weeks)</li>
<li><a href="Jefferson_Davis_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Jefferson Davis Day">Jefferson Davis Day</a> (AL, FL)</li>
<li><a href="Kamehameha_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamehameha Day">Kamehameha Day</a> (HI)</li>
<li><a href="Midsummer" title="Midsummer">Litha</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Guru_Arjan" title="Guru Arjan">Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev Sahib</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Odunde_Festival" title="Odunde Festival">Odunde Festival</a> (Philadelphia, PA, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Senior_Week" title="Senior Week">Senior Week</a> (week)</li>
<li><a href="Nativity_of_Saint_John_the_Baptist" class="mw-redirect" title="Nativity of Saint John the Baptist">Saint John's Day</a> (PR, religious)</li>
<li><a href="West_Virginia_Day" title="West Virginia Day">West Virginia Day</a> (WV)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Independence_Day_(United_States)" title="Independence Day (United States)">Independence Day</a> (federal)</li>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Asalha_Puja" title="Asalha Puja">Asalha Puja Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Luis_Mu%C3%B1oz_Rivera" title="Luis Muñoz Rivera">Birthday of Don Luis Muñoz Rivera</a> (PR)</li>
<li><a href="Jos%C3%A9_Celso_Barbosa" title="José Celso Barbosa">Birthday of Dr. José Celso Barbosa</a> (PR)</li>
<li><a href="Emancipation_Day#United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Emancipation Day">Emancipation Day in the U.S. Virgin Islands</a> (VI, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Guru_Purnima" title="Guru Purnima">Guru Purnima</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Khordad_Sal" title="Khordad Sal">Khordad Sal</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Sovereignty_Restoration_Day" title="Sovereignty Restoration Day">Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea</a> (HI, unofficial, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Execution_of_the_B%C3%A1b" title="Execution of the Báb">Martyrdom of the Báb</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Parents'_Day" title="Parents' Day">Parents' Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Pioneer_Day" title="Pioneer Day">Pioneer Day</a> (UT)</li>
<li><a href="Puerto_Rico_Constitution_Day" title="Puerto Rico Constitution Day">Puerto Rico Constitution Day</a> (PR)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">July–August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="Summer_vacation" title="Summer vacation">Summer vacation</a></li>
<li><a href="Tisha_B'Av" title="Tisha B'Av">Tisha B'Av</a> (religious)</li>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">August</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<ul><li><a href="American_Family_Day" title="American Family Day">American Family Day</a> (AZ)</li>
<li><a href="Barack_Obama_Day" title="Barack Obama Day">Barack Obama Day in Illinois</a> (IL)</li>
<li><a href="Bennington_Battle_Day" title="Bennington Battle Day">Bennington Battle Day</a> (VT)</li>
<li><a href="Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God#Dormition_versus_Assumption" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Dormition of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Eid_al-Ghadir" title="Eid al-Ghadir">Eid-e-Ghadeer</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Dormition_of_the_Mother_of_God#Dormition_fast" title="Dormition of the Mother of God">Fast in Honor of the Holy Mother of Lord Jesus</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Assumption_of_Mary#Feasts" title="Assumption of Mary">Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Statehood_Day_(Hawaii)" title="Statehood Day (Hawaii)">Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day</a> (HI)</li>
<li><a href="Krishna_Janmashtami" title="Krishna Janmashtami">Krishna Janmashtami</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Lammas" title="Lammas">Lammas</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Lyndon_Baines_Johnson_Day" title="Lyndon Baines Johnson Day">Lyndon Baines Johnson Day</a> (TX)</li>
<li><a href="Naga_Panchami" title="Naga Panchami">Naga Panchami</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="National_Aviation_Day" title="National Aviation Day">National Aviation Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Paryushana" title="Paryushana">Paryushana</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Raksha_Bandhan" title="Raksha Bandhan">Raksha Bandhan</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Feast_of_the_Transfiguration" title="Feast of the Transfiguration">Transfiguration of the Lord</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Victory_Day_(United_States)" title="Victory Day (United States)">Victory Day</a> (RI)</li>
<li><a href="Women's_Equality_Day" title="Women's Equality Day">Women's Equality Day</a> (36)</li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September<br><a href="National_Prostate_Cancer_Awareness_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month">Prostate Cancer Awareness Month</a><br><a href="National_Childhood_Cancer_Awareness_Month" title="National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month">Childhood Cancer Awareness Month</a><br><a href="Gospel_Music_Heritage_Month" title="Gospel Music Heritage Month">Gospel Music Heritage Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a> (federal)</li></ul>
</div>
<ul><li><a href="Brazilian_Day" title="Brazilian Day">Brazilian Day</a> (NY, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="California_Admission_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="California Admission Day">California Admission Day</a> (CA)</li>
<li><a href="Carl_Garner_Federal_Lands_Cleanup_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day">Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Constitution_Day_and_Citizenship_Day" title="Constitution Day and Citizenship Day">Constitution Day and Citizenship Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Constitution_Week" title="Constitution Week">Constitution Week</a></li>
<li><a href="Defenders_Day_(Maryland)" title="Defenders Day (Maryland)">Defenders Day</a> (MD)</li>
<li><a href="Elevation_of_the_Holy_Cross" title="Elevation of the Holy Cross">Elevation of the Holy Cross</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Feast_of_San_Gennaro" title="Feast of San Gennaro">Feast of San Gennaro</a> (NY, cultural, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ganesh_Chaturthi" title="Ganesh Chaturthi">Ganesh Chaturthi</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Gold_Star_Mother's_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Star Mother's Day">Gold Star Mother's Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Sakya_Trizin_Ngawang_Kunga" title="Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga">His Holiness Sakya Trizin's Birthday</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="September_equinox" title="September equinox">Mabon</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Grandparents'_Day" title="Grandparents' Day">National Grandparents Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="National_Payroll_Week" title="National Payroll Week">National Payroll Week</a> (week)</li>
<li><a href="Nativity_of_Mary" title="Nativity of Mary">Nativity of Mary / Nativity of the Theotokos</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Native_American_Day" title="Native American Day">Native American Day</a> (proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Patriot_Day" title="Patriot Day">Patriot Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Von_Steuben_Day" title="Von Steuben Day">Von Steuben Day</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">September–October<br><a href="National_Hispanic_Heritage_Month" title="National Hispanic Heritage Month">Hispanic Heritage Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="Arba'een" class="mw-redirect" title="Arba'een">Chehlum Imam Hussain</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Oktoberfest_celebrations" title="Oktoberfest celebrations">Oktoberfest</a></li>
<li><a href="Pitri_Paksha" class="mw-redirect" title="Pitri Paksha">Pitri Paksha</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Rosh_Hashanah" title="Rosh Hashanah">Rosh Hashanah / Feast of Trumpets</a> (TX, NY, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Shemini_Atzeret" title="Shemini Atzeret">Shemini Atzeret</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Simchat_Torah" title="Simchat Torah">Simchat Torah</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijaya Dashami</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Yom_Kippur" title="Yom Kippur">Yom Kippur / Day of Atonement</a> (TX, NY, religious)</li>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October<br><a href="National_Breast_Cancer_Awareness_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="National Breast Cancer Awareness Month">Breast Cancer Awareness Month</a><br><a href="National_Disability_Employment_Awareness_Month" title="National Disability Employment Awareness Month">Disability Employment Awareness Month</a><br> <a href="Italian-American_Heritage_and_Culture_Month" title="Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month">Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month</a> <br> <a href="Filipino_American_History_Month" title="Filipino American History Month">Filipino American History Month</a><br><a href="LGBT_History_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT History Month">LGBT History Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="Columbus_Day" title="Columbus Day">Columbus Day</a> (federal)</li>
<li><a href="Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="Alaska_Day" title="Alaska Day">Alaska Day</a> (AK)</li>
<li><a href="Child_Health_Day" title="Child Health Day">Child Health Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="General_Pulaski_Memorial_Day" title="General Pulaski Memorial Day">General Pulaski Memorial Day</a></li>
<li><a href="German-American_Day" title="German-American Day">German-American Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Indigenous_Peoples'_Day_(United_States)" title="Indigenous Peoples' Day (United States)">Indigenous Peoples' Day</a></li>
<li><a href="International_Day_of_Non-Violence" title="International Day of Non-Violence">International Day of Non-Violence</a></li>
<li><a href="Leif_Erikson_Day" title="Leif Erikson Day">Leif Erikson Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Missouri_Day" title="Missouri Day">Missouri Day</a> (MO)</li>
<li><a href="Nanomonestotse" title="Nanomonestotse">Nanomonestotse</a> (cultural)</li>
<li><a href="National_School_Lunch_Week" class="mw-redirect" title="National School Lunch Week">National School Lunch Week</a> (week)</li>
<li><a href="Native_American_Day" title="Native American Day">Native American Day in South Dakota</a> (SD)</li>
<li><a href="Nevada_Day" title="Nevada Day">Nevada Day</a> (NV)</li>
<li><a href="Spirit_Day" title="Spirit Day">Spirit Day</a> (cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Sweetest_Day" title="Sweetest Day">Sweetest Day</a></li>
<li><a href="Sukkot" title="Sukkot">Sukkot / Feast of Tabernacles</a> (religious, week)</li>
<li><a href="Virgin_Islands%E2%80%93Puerto_Rico_Friendship_Day" title="Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day">Virgin Islands–Puerto Rico Friendship Day</a> (PR, VI)</li>
<li><a href="White_Cane_Safety_Day" title="White Cane Safety Day">White Cane Safety Day</a> (36)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">October–November</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="Twin_Holy_Birthdays" title="Twin Holy Birthdays">Birth of the Báb</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Birth_of_Bah%C3%A1%CA%BCu'll%C3%A1h" title="Birth of Baháʼu'lláh">Birth of Baháʼu'lláh</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Day_of_the_Dead" title="Day of the Dead">Day of the Dead</a> (VI)</li>
<li><a href="Diwali" title="Diwali">Diwali</a> (NY, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Mawlid" title="Mawlid">Mawlid al-Nabi</a> (religious)</li>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">November<br> <a href="Native_American_Indian_Heritage_Month" class="mw-redirect" title="Native American Indian Heritage Month">Native American Indian Heritage Month</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<ul><li><a href="Veterans_Day" title="Veterans Day">Veterans Day</a> (federal)</li>
<li><a href="Thanksgiving_(United_States)" title="Thanksgiving (United States)">Thanksgiving</a> (federal)</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a href="%CA%BBAbdu'l-Bah%C3%A1" title="ʻAbdu'l-Bahá">Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="All_Saints'_Day" title="All Saints' Day">All Saints' Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Nativity_Fast" title="Nativity Fast">Beginning of the Nativity Fast</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> / <a href="Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Barack_Obama_Day" title="Barack Obama Day">Barack Obama Day in Alabama</a> (Perry County, AL)</li>
<li><a href="D._Hamilton_Jackson" title="D. Hamilton Jackson">D. Hamilton Jackson Day</a> (VI)</li>
<li><a href="Black_Friday_(shopping)" title="Black Friday (shopping)">Day after Thanksgiving</a> (24)</li>
<li><a href="Day_of_the_Covenant_(Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD)" title="Day of the Covenant (Baháʼí)">Day of the Covenant</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Discovery_of_Puerto_Rico" class="mw-redirect" title="Discovery of Puerto Rico">Discovery of Puerto Rico Day</a> (PR)</li>
<li><a href="Election_Day_(United_States)" title="Election Day (United States)">Election Day</a> (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, VA, WV, proposed federal)</li>
<li><a href="Family_Day" title="Family Day">Family Day</a> (NV)</li>
<li><a href="Friendsgiving" title="Friendsgiving">Friendsgiving</a></li>
<li><a href="Guru_Nanak_Gurpurab" title="Guru Nanak Gurpurab">Guru Nanak Gurpurab</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Independence_Day_(Hawaii)" title="Independence Day (Hawaii)">Lā Kūʻokoʻa</a> (HI, unofficial, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Guru_Tegh_Bahadur" title="Guru Tegh Bahadur">Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Native_American_Heritage_Day" title="Native American Heritage Day">Native American Heritage Day</a> (MD, WA, cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Presentation_of_Mary" title="Presentation of Mary">Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Transgender_Day_of_Remembrance" title="Transgender Day of Remembrance">Trans Day of Remembrance</a> (cultural)</li>
<li><a href="Unthanksgiving_Day" title="Unthanksgiving Day">Unthanksgiving Day</a> (cultural)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">December</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="hlist">
<li><a href="Christmas" title="Christmas">Christmas</a> (religious, federal)</li>
<li><a href="New_Year's_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">New Year's Eve</a></li>
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<ul><li><a href="Advent_Sunday" title="Advent Sunday">Advent Sunday</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Alabama_Day" title="Alabama Day">Alabama Day</a> (AL)</li>
<li><a href="Guru_Gobind_Singh" title="Guru Gobind Singh">Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Bodhi_Day" title="Bodhi Day">Bodhi Day</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Chalica" title="Chalica">Chalica</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Christmas_Eve" title="Christmas Eve">Christmas Eve</a> (KY, NC, SC, PR, VI)</li>
<li><a href="Boxing_Day" title="Boxing Day">Day after Christmas</a> (KY, NC, SC, TX, VI)</li>
<li><a href="Festivus" title="Festivus">Festivus</a></li>
<li><a href="HumanLight" title="HumanLight">HumanLight</a></li>
<li><a href="Hanukkah" title="Hanukkah">Hanukkah</a> (religious, week)</li>
<li><a href="Immaculate_Conception" title="Immaculate Conception">Immaculate Conception</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Indiana_Day" title="Indiana Day">Indiana Day</a> (IN)</li>
<li><a href="Kwanzaa" title="Kwanzaa">Kwanzaa</a> (cultural, week)</li>
<li><a href="Mohammed_Burhanuddin" title="Mohammed Burhanuddin">Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="National_Pearl_Harbor_Remembrance_Day" title="National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day">National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Nativity_of_Jesus" title="Nativity of Jesus">Nativity of Jesus</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="New_Year's_Eve" title="New Year's Eve">Old Year's Night</a> (VI)</li>
<li><a href="Pan_American_Aviation_Day" title="Pan American Aviation Day">Pan American Aviation Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Sivaya_Subramuniyaswami" title="Sivaya Subramuniyaswami">Pancha Ganapati</a> (religious, week)</li>
<li><a href="Rosa_Parks_Day" title="Rosa Parks Day">Rosa Parks Day</a> (OH, OR)</li>
<li><a href="Solemnity_of_Mary%2C_Mother_of_God" title="Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God">Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Wright_Brothers_Day" title="Wright Brothers Day">Wright Brothers Day</a> (36)</li>
<li><a href="Yule" title="Yule">Yule</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Zartosht_No-Diso" title="Zartosht No-Diso">Zartosht No-Diso</a> (religious)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Varies (year round)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">
<li><a href="Eid_al-Adha" title="Eid al-Adha">Eid al-Adha</a> (NY, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Eid_al-Fitr" title="Eid al-Fitr">Eid al-Fitr</a> (NY, religious)</li>
<li><a href="Islamic_New_Year" title="Islamic New Year">Islamic New Year</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Day_of_Arafah" title="Day of Arafah">Yawm al-Arafa</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Hajj" title="Hajj">Hajj</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Laylat_al-Qadr" class="mw-redirect" title="Laylat al-Qadr">Laylat al-Qadr</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a> (religious, four times a year)</li>
<li><a href="Bon_Festival" class="mw-redirect" title="Bon Festival">Obon</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Onam" title="Onam">Onam</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ramadan" title="Ramadan">Ramadan</a> (religious, month)</li>
<li><a href="Ghost_Festival" title="Ghost Festival">Ghost Festival</a> (religious)</li>
<li><a href="Ashura" title="Ashura">Yawm Aashura</a> (religious)</li>
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<p>(federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific <a href="Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States_census" title="Race and ethnicity in the United States census">racial/ethnic group</a> or <a href="Sexual_minority" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual minority">sexual minority</a>, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = <a href="Title_36_of_the_United_States_Code" title="Title 36 of the United States Code">Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies</a><br>
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See also: <a href="Lists_of_holidays" title="Lists of holidays">Lists of holidays</a>, <a href="Hallmark_holiday" title="Hallmark holiday">Hallmark holidays</a>, <a href="Public_holidays_in_the_United_States" title="Public holidays in the United States">Public holidays in the United States</a>, <a href="Public_holidays_in_Puerto_Rico" title="Public holidays in Puerto Rico">Puerto Rico</a> and the <a href="Public_holidays_in_the_United_States_Virgin_Islands" title="Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands">United States Virgin Islands</a>.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><!--htdig_noindex--><div><div class="zim-footer">
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