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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, --- 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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