We need more holidays to fill up the calendar. I figure the best way is to honor famous Americans on their birthdays. We’ve already got Martin Luther King Day (January 15), Abraham Lincoln Day (February 12), and George Washington Day (February 22). So there’s only 362 more to go.
The rules are simple:
1 - None of this nearest Monday crap.
2 - In keeping with the traditions for coins and stamps, dead people only.
3 - No duplicates. One person per day. One day per person.
4 - July 4 and December 25 are exempt. They already have holidays.
To get things started:
January 18 - Daniel Webster Day
January 17 - Benjamin Franklin Day
January 19 - Edgar Allan Poe Day
January 30 - Franklin Roosevelt Day
February 6 - Ronald Reagan Day
February 11 - Thomas Edison Day
February 14 - Frederick Douglass Day
February 15 - Susan B. Anthony Day
March 2 - Sam Houston Day
March 16 - James Madison Day
March 31 - Cesar Chavez Day
April 12 - Henry Clay Day
April 13 - Thomas Jefferson Day
July 7 - Robert Heinlein Day
July 12 - Henry David Thoreau Day
July 21 - Ernest Hemingway Day
September 7 - Buddy Holly Day
September 23 - Ray Charles Day
September 25 - William Faulkner Day
October 30 - John Adams Day
November 12 - Elizabeth Cady Stanton Day
November 30 - Samuel Clemens Day
December 12 - William Lloyd Garrison Day
December 24 - Kit Carson Day
December 31 - George Marshall Day