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by Peggy Robin
On the first Saturday in August I devoted my column to a complaint about August, and its dismaying lack of an emblematic holiday. I went over the first two weeks of August day by day, suggesting events and commemorative occasions that could easily be elevated to the status of a big-deal celebration. Now I present the last two weeks of August with similar intent. There are some doozies here. I particularly like Wayzgoose Day, on the 24th.
August 16: Hawaii Statehood Day
August 17: Davy Crockett Day – on this day in 1786 the American folk hero was “born on a mountaintop in Tennessee” … and if you can believe the songwriters at Disney Studios, “killed him a b’ar when he was only three.”
August 18: Bad Poetry Day
August 19: National Aviation Day
August 20: St. Stephen’s Day (National Holiday of Hungary)
August 21: Winnie-the-Pooh’s Birthday
August 22: Tooth Fairy Day
August 23: Vulcanalia – The Vulcan Fire Festival
August 24: Wayzgoose Day – Nope, I’m not going to explain this – you’re going to have to look it up.
August 25: National Park Service Day
August 26: National Dog Day
August 27: Banana Lovers Day
August 28: Dream Day – The Martin Luther King, Jr. “I have a dream” speech
August 29: Happy Housewives’ Day
August 30: Slinky Day
August 31: National Eat Outside Day
So, in closing, let me bid you an appropriately Hawaiian “Aloha!” (for today’s holiday, Hawaii Statehood Day).
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Still Life With Robin is published on the Cleveland Park Listserv and All Life Is Local on Saturdays
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