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Holidays for April

A Holiday is any day on which people lay aside their ordinary duties and cares. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon halig daeg, or holy day. At first, holidays honored some sacred event or holy person.

Other April Important Dates:

• April 1, April Fools' Day
• April 2, Pascua Florida Day: Florida;
• April 12, Halifax Independence Day. North Carolina.- By resolution of provincial legislature at Halifax, North Carolina became the first colony to vote for freedom from England, 1776.
• April 13, Thomas Jefferson's Birthday:(1743) Alabama, Oklahoma.
• April 14, Pan American Day. Resolution passed in Washington, D.C., to form Pan American Union, 1890.
• April 16, De Diego's Birthday: Puerto Rico.
• April 18, Paul Revere's Ride (1775).
• April (third Monday), Patriots' Day: Maine, Massachusetts.
• April 21, San Jacinto Day: Texas. - Battle of San Jacinto. Texas . General Sam Houston defeated Mexicans, 1836.
• April 22, Earth Day
• April 22, Oklahoma Day: Oklahoma. - Opening of Oklahoma Territory, 1889.
• April 26, Confederate Memorial Day: Florida, Georgia.
• April 28. Confederate Memorial Day. Alabama, Mississippi.
• April 30. Queen's Day in The Netherlands
• April (Third Monday) Patriot's Day. Maine, Massachusetts . Anniversary of battle of Lexington and Concord, 1775.
• April (Fourth Monday), Fast Day: New Hampshire.
• April (Last Monday), Confederate Memorial Day: Alabama, Mississippi.
• Last Friday in the Month Arbor Day: Nebraska. - Created in 1872. Also observed on third Friday in April in many states.

Arbor Day, day set aside for planting trees; observed in all U.S. states; date of observance varies, depending upon climate; first Arbor Day April 10, 1872, in Nebraska, the idea of J. Sterling Morton, later U.S. secretary of agriculture. Celebrated the Last Friday in the Month. Arbor Day: Nebraska. - Created in 1872. Also observed on third Friday in April in many states.

Daylight Saving Time
(DST), time observed when clocks and other timepieces are set ahead, usually by 1 hr, so that the sun will rise and set later in the day as measured by civil time. DST conserves lighting power and provides more usable daylight hours for afternoon and evening activities. First adopted during World War I by the U.S. and other countries, DST in the U.S. currently extends from the first Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. NOTE: In 2007 Daylight Saving Time was changed and now lasts much longer!

First Day of Passover (Pesach), The Feast of the Passover, also called the Feast of Unleavened Bread, commemorates the escape of the Jews from Egypt. As the Jews fled they ate unleavened bread, and from that time the Jews have allowed no leavening in the houses during Passover, bread being replaced by matzoh.

Easter Sunday, but is in March in 2008 --- Observed in all Christian churches, Easter commemorates the Resurrection of Jesus. It is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon which occurs on or next after March 21 and is therefore celebrated between March 22 and April 25 inclusive. This date was fixed by the Council of Nicaea in c.e. 325. The Orthodox Church celebrates Easter (Paschal) on April 19.

Each April 22, Earth Day is observed to increase public awareness of environmental problems. Many people believe that protecting the earth and its resources will be one of the most important issues in the 21st century.

Professional Secretaries Day was established in 1952 at the suggestion of Professional Secretaries International to recognize secretaries. Today, the occasion has grown to include recognition of the efforts of other office professionals and even co-workers.

Annie's "Take Our Daughters & Sons to Work Day" Page -- is the fourth Thursday in April each year!

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