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Holidays
Funky Holidays for August

(Sneak a Peek at September)

Well, I hope August isn't as boring as July. There wasn't much going on, and I hated to disappoint you potential hosts and hostesses out there. So, I'm gonna dig deep for August.

Uh oh. Not like the usual months, August has only three quasi-interesting "national" designations:

National Inventors' Month

National Panini Month

National Happiness Month

Let's move on.

August 1:

World Breastfeeding Week Begins - To celebrate the importance of breastfeeding. You take it from there.

August 4:

Louis Armstrong's Birthday - He'd be 100! One of the greatest trumpet players of all time.

Coast Guard Day - Founded in 1790. Have a cruise ship party or a beach party to celebrate.

August 5:

Premiere of American Bandstand - And Dick Clark hasn't aged a day. A sock hop comes to mind or a 50's party. It was on this day in 1957 when the show premiered out of Philadelphia. It was the longest-running musical series, and a show a lot of us grew up watching.

August 6:

Lucille Ball's Birthday - Our favorite redhead. She may have died in 1989, but her comedy lives on and she is definitely someone to celebrate.

August 7:

National Mustard Day - Time to acknowledge all that mustard does for us on a daily basis. You can host your own celebration or go to the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum for mustard squirting competitions, mustard games and free hot dogs!

August 12:

Cecil B. DeMille's Birthday - With movies like King of Kings, Cleopatra, The Ten Commandments and others, he deserves a round of applause. Have a film festival in his honor.

August 13 - Annie Oakley's 150th Birthday

It was 1860 and before long, she had developed into quite the sharpshooter.

August 15:

Best Friends Day - Gather all your best buds together for a night out on the town, or write to a friend you haven't seen in awhile!

August 18:

Bad Poetry Day - Invite friends over and write rotten verse. Then send it to your old high school English teacher. I like that idea.

Anniversary of the Mail Order Catalogue - On this day in 1872 by Montgomery Ward. So, here's an idea. Have your friends bring all their catalogues to your house, and you have form letters ready for them to send to each catalogue company telling them to cease mailing or else!

August 19:

My Father's Birthday - Born Howard Foxman in 1921, this man is truly one of a kind. Long gray hair to the middle of his back, worn in a ponytail, must make him the world's oldest hippie. Ladies, watch out! Feel free to celebrate Howard's birthday. I'll send you the papergoods for free!

Bill Clinton's Birthday - Wow! I never knew my dad and Bill shared the same day. You know, they remind me of each other.

National Aviation Day - Since 1939. Has to do with the Wrights and the fact that it's Orville's birthday today.

August 25:

Kiss and Make Up Day - Say your sorry and get on with it. Invite everyone who is mad at you to your house, feed them, stroke them and say you're sorry.

August 26:

First Televised Baseball Game - On this day in 1939. The game was between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Women's Equality Day - The day when the 19th Amendment was certified "prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex with regard to voting." A holiday since 1974.

August 27:

Martha Raye's Birthday - On this day in 1916. She was a gutsy woman with a great voice who entertained the troops through three wars.

August is a little better than July...so I hope you find something that suits you! Let us know what you plan to do so we can share with our other visitors. We're always looking for creative ideas!

Have fun.

The Party Girl

 

Holidays courtesy of Chase’s Calendar of Events; published by Contemporary Books, Chicago, Ill.

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