# Let's have some new holidays **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 3, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-new-holidays/338300 "2006-01-03T23:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-new-holidays/338300/1 "2006-01-03T23:41:10Z")
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 ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-new-holidays/338300/2 "2006-01-04T00:31:07Z")
Aug 20, Benjamin Harrison Day To celebrate the life of a mediocre president, this is the day we celebrate the mediocrity of life. Families will cook meals that they like but are nothing special. B.H. Day cards will be nice, but not fancy. Specials on TV will be of medium quality. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-have-some-new-holidays/338300/3 "2006-01-04T03:31:24Z")
He wasn’t American, but here in Chicago, we have [Pulaski Day](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_Pulaski_Day). It’s celebrated the first Monday of March, but for our purposes, we’ll take March 6, Pulaski’s birthday.