Just checked. The sdmission of California to the Union was on September 9, 1850.
I had forgotten about the day as a holiday since K-12. Seem to recall that was a public school holiday, either adjacent to or during “teacher institute”, whatever that was.
I believe whoever get a day off “for” it does so on a nearby day adjacent to a weekend.
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. . .the day the state was signed into the US because:
- so what if it wasn’t?
So what if the US didn’t win its Revolutionary War? . . .no firecrackers. No firecrackers anyhow in CA.US, because of fire danger, etc.
So what if the state had floated off out to sea, like some think it’s going to or should?
So what if it were part of Oregon?
So what if we celebrated its secession from Mexico in 1849 instead?
So what if we celebrate a date to eject SoCal from it?
- I don’t think hardly anyone knows about it . . .
Who would know about César Chávez next century if we didn’t have a holiday in his honor?
Who might’ve forgotten when such holiday was also/instead.
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Would CCh’s birthday become a holiday because Latinos are jealous of MLKJr.'s Day? Or would we be celebrating a second Labor Day (which is on about the same date)? We already “celebrate” Cinco de Mayo, even though it’s no big deal in México. It’s really in honor and interest of all local merchants. How 'bout we have an Eiríkr Þorvaldsson (a.k.a Eric the Red) Day in honor of the Caucasian race. . .or maybe, particularly in CA.US, Gen. John Frémont. The latter was kind of raw also, I understand. Or a Fr. Junípero Serra Day, who seems to’ve been a little questionable also.
But why don’t we have some more interesting days, such as the days the last grizzly bear was killed in California, or the day of the 1906 earthquake. Or the day Pedro González finally avoided the Border Patrol, on his 22nd try, and made it up to Santa Rosa. Or the day when Leland Jefferson McElroy thought he had caught a coelacanth in S. F. Bay, but it turned out to be a product of an Emeryville artist. Oh, and I almost forgot, the Day Hardware Will Rise Again! (Crusoe doesn’t count; that’s only firmware.)
So how many holidays can we have at any one time anyhow? Don’t some companies let you celebrate your own birthday? Maybe we should have a different set of holidays every year throughout each decade. You know, Christmas one year, Hanukkah the next, Ramadan the third, then Kwanzaa. . .up to ten.
Ray (I ain’t admittin’ nothin’ and long live Sadie Hawkins Day.)