Find a Reason to Have Some Fun...

Here is this month's fun holidays to celebrate...

(I noticed some of the actual dates are off--this is from a class I taught a few years back at Ft. Lewis Women's Conference--in parentheses it will have the acutal date to use--like first saturday in august--sorry--too lazy to change all the dates I guess!)

August

Fun Excuses to Celebrate This Month:

1st: Francis Scott Key’s Birthday (born 1779)
1st: Respect for Parent’s Day
2nd: First Income Tax (Congress Enacts First Income Tax in 1861)
2nd: First Lincoln Penny Issued in 1909
2nd: National Ice Cream Sandwich Day
3rd: National Watermelon Day
3rd: National Mustard Day (First Saturday in August)
4th: American Family Day (First Sunday in August)
4th: Friendship Day (First Sunday in August)
4th: Coast Guard Day (Established on This Day in 1790)
4th: National Chocolate Chip Day
5th: Neil Armstrong’s Birthday (born 1930)
6th: Wiggle Your Toes Day
8th: Dollar Day (The US Dollar Was Created)
9th: Betty Boop’s Birthday (Created in 1930)
10th: S’mores Day
11th: Play in the Sand Day
12th: IBM PC Announced in 1981
13th: Annie Oakley’s Birthday (born in 1860)
13th: International Left Hander’s Day
14th: Julia Child’s Birthday (born 1912)
15th: National Relaxation Day
16th: Joke Day
16th: Roller Coaster Day (Roller Coaster Patented in 1898)
17th: Davy Crockett’s Birthday (born 1786)
18th: Bad Poetry Day
18th: Wizard of Oz Premiered in 1939
19th: National Aviation Day
19th: Orville Wright’s Birthday (born 1871)
20th: National Radio Day
21st: National Homeless Animals Day
22nd: Be an Angel Day
24th: Strange Music Day
25th: Kiss and Make Up Day
26th: Women’s Equality Day (Anniversary of Women Getting the Right to Vote) 1920
28th: Dream Day (Martin Luther King gave “I Have A Dream” Speech in 1963)
30th: National Toasted Marshmallow Day

August is also “Family Fun Month”, “National Clown Month”, “National Beauty Pageant Month”, “American Artist Appreciation Month”, and “National Golf Month”.