Resources Harry K. Jones on 01 Aug 2008 10:00 am
Absolutely August
You’d better start taking advantage of what few good summer days you have left as August means your summer is coming to an end. Ironically, that may be difficult as you can’t get a day off in August, because it is the only month without a real holiday.
The Romans originally called the month Sextilis, which means sixth, because August was the sixth month of the Roman calendar. They later changed the name to August in honor of the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar, grandnephew of Julius Caesar.
August is often known as the Weed Month simply because it is the month in which weeds grow more rapidly than any other. The hottest days of the entire year often fall during August, and there’s an old adage that says: “If the first week of August is warm, the winter will be white and long.”
Some consider August to be rather boring as television is wall-to-wall reruns, newspapers are thin and the sports pages whither into nothingness. Pre-pennant baseball is all that remains unless you actually have an interest in NFL training camps. If so, you have other problems.
Weekly Celebrations and Observances:
- National Smile Week
- Be Kind to Humankind Week
- National Simplify your Life Week
- The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Week
Monthly Celebrations and Observances:
- National Golf Month
- National Peach Month
- National Picnic Month
- National Catfish Month
- National Eye Exam Month
- National Family Fun Month
- National Water Quality Month
- National Romance Awareness Month
- National Admit You’re Happy Month
August Daily Celebrations and Observances:
- 1 Air Force Day
- 3 Friendship Day
- 3 International Forgiveness Day
- 3 National Watermelon Day
- 3 Friendship Day
- 3 Sisters Day
- 4 Coast Guard Day
- 5 National Mustard Day
- 7 Daughter’s Day
- 7 National Lighthouse Day
- 8 Summer Olympics
- 9 Book Lovers Day
- 10 National S’mores Day
- 11 Son and Daughter Day
- 13 Left Hander’s Day
- 14 National Creamsicle Day
- 14 V-J Day
- 19 Aviation Day
- 20 National Radio Day
- 21 Senior Citizen’s Day
- 26 National Dog Day
- 26 Women’s Equality Day
- 27 Global Forgiveness Day
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