Activities Calendar

Celebrates the beginning of the new year. The tradition of celebrating New Year dates back over 4,000 years to ancient Babylon. Fun fact: The first New Year celebration dates back to 2000 B.C. in Mesopotamia, though it occurred in mid-March rather than January 1st!

Honors civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who championed nonviolent resistance to racial injustice. Observed on the third Monday of January near his birthday (January 15). This federal holiday was signed into law in 1983 by President Reagan and first observed in 1986. Fun fact: MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech was largely improvised!

Originally established to honor George Washington's birthday (February 22), now commonly celebrates all U.S. presidents. Observed on the third Monday of February. Fun fact: Washington's actual birthday was celebrated on February 11 under the old Julian calendar!

Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Easter is a "movable feast" calculated based on the lunar calendar - it falls on the first Sunday following the first full moon after the spring equinox. Fun fact: The Easter egg tradition dates back to ancient Mesopotamia where Christians stained eggs red to represent Christ's blood!

Honors military personnel who died in service to the United States. Originally known as Decoration Day after the Civil War, it became an official federal holiday in 1971. Observed on the last Monday of May. Fun fact: The tradition of wearing red poppies on Memorial Day comes from the World War I poem "In Flanders Fields."