Celebrate Freedom Week

Celebrate Freedom Week is an official holiday celebrated by five U.S. states. Celebrate Freedom Week is a week designed to emphasize the teaching of the country’s origins with an emphasis on the founding documents. The curriculum is taught to children of various age groups, dependant on which state it's being taught in, from kindergarten through the 12th grade. As of September 2013, the fives states that officially celebrate this holiday are Arkansas, Florida, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.^[1] Even though several states have made this an official holiday, there isn't a set week among the states when to celebrate it or how. Kansas and Texas both celebrate the week containing September 17,^[2][3] the date the U.S. Constitution was signed. Oklahoma celebrates the holiday the week containing November 11, Veterans Day, while Florida and Arkansas celebrate it the last full week of September.^[4][5]

Kansas passed the law to make it an official holiday week and became effective on July 1, 2013.^[6] Arkansas passed House Bill 2756 and made it official as Act 682 on March 26, 2003.^[7] Florida made it law in 2002 (statute 1003.421).^[8] Texas made the law effective in 2001 and then modified the law December 7, 2003.^[9]

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Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States January New Year's Day (federal) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (federal) Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day (FL, GA) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) Kansas Day (KS) February Valentine's Day Washington's Birthday (federal, also known as "Presidents' Day") Georgia Day (GA) Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day (CA, OH) Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV) National Freedom Day (36) Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (religious) Four Chaplains Day Groundhog Day American Heart Month Black History Month March Easter (religious, sometimes in April) Saint Patrick's Day (religious) Spring break (week) Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, religious, sometimes in April) Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX) Evacuation Day (MA) Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA) Maryland Day (MD) Passover (religious, sometimes in April) Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (HI) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT) Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras (religious) Easter Monday (religious) Palm Sunday (religious, week, sometimes in April) Saint Joseph's Day (religious) Women's History Month National Poison Prevention Week (week) Super Tuesday April Easter (religious, sometimes in March) April Fool's Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC) Emancipation Day (DC) Thomas Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day (TX) Mahavir Jayanti (religious) 420 Day Earth Day Walpurgis Night (religious) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week) Confederate History Month (month) May Memorial Day (federal) Mother's Day Cinco de Mayo Harvey Milk Day (CA) Truman Day (MO) Malcolm X Day (Berkeley, CA) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day (36) Military Spouse Day May Day Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (month) Jewish American Heritage Month (month) June Father's Day (36) Flag Day (FL, PA) Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth (TX) Helen Keller Day (PA) Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day (HI) West Virginia Day (WV) Honor America Days (week) Senior Week (week) Carolina Day (SC) Gay and Lesbian Pride Month (month) July Independence Day (federal) Pioneer Day (UT) Parents' Day (36) Honor America Days (week) August Summer vacation Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory over Japan Day (RI) National Aviation Day (36) Women's Equality Day (36) American Family Day (AZ) September Labor Day (federal) Rosh Hashanah (religious) Yom Kippur (religious) Native American Day (CA) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Gold Star Mothers Day (36) National Grandparents Day (36) Patriot Day (36) Constitution Week (week) National Payroll Week (week) National Hispanic Heritage Month (month) National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (month) Eid al-Fitr (NY, MI) October Halloween Columbus Day (federal) Alaska Day (AK) Missouri Day (MO) Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day (NV) Child Health Day (36) Leif Erikson Day (36) White Cane Safety Day (36) Yom Kippur (religious) General Pulaski Memorial Day Sweetest Day National School Lunch Week (week) Filipino American History Month (month) LGBT History Month (month) National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (month) National Disability Employment Awareness Month (month) National Hispanic Heritage Month (month) International Day of Non-Violence German-American Day November Thanksgiving (federal) Day after Thanksgiving (24) Veterans Day (federal) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV) Family Day (NV) Native American Heritage Day (MD) Obama Day (Perry County, AL) Hanukkah (religious) Native American Indian Heritage Month (month) December Christmas (religious, federal) Kwanzaa (religious, week) Christmas Eve (KY, NC) New Year's Eve Hanukkah (religious, week) Alabama Day (AL) Indiana Day (IN) New Year's Eve (KY) Rosa Parks Day (CA, OH) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) Pan American Aviation Day (36) Wright Brothers Day (36) Festivus Varies Eid al-Adha (religious) Ramadan (religious, month) Eid al-Fitr (religious) Legend: (federal) = federal holidays, (state) = state holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (week) = weeklong holidays, (month) = monthlong holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies Bolded text indicates major holidays that are commonly celebrated by Americans, which often represent the major celebrations of the month. See also: Lists of holidays, Hallmark holidays, public holidays in the United States, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, New Jersey and New York.