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I'm not sure what it would be called, but the USA certainly is lacking on August holidays as there are none.
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I would start a new holiday called Diversity Day.
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Sons/Daughters Day. We have Mother's Day and Father's Day..well, they wouldn't be moms and dads without their children, would they? We need to celebrate our children! :)
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Capitalism Day. A celebration of free market that would be held on the first Saturday of August. Instead of a day off, we all work an extra day that week. Also, work twice as hard as any opther day and aim to make it the most productive day of the year.
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For all of us frosties in Canada's Great White North (and Alaska too), let's have a CHILLING day in mid winter, on what has statistically been the coldest day of the year.
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National Chess Day, in which everyone has to play in a chess tournament.
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Grandparents Day.....for all those selfless people who are raising their grandbabies when it should be time for them to enjoy their golden years.
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We should have VE (May 7th) day and VJ day (August 15th) as a holiday, to remember the 70 million that died 1939-1945. We should also have one like ANZAC day in Australia and New Zealand.
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The day AFTER St. Patrick's Day would be great. Hangovers are mandatory and it's hard to function like that.
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Election Day. If you give people the day off maybe more of them will actually vote and we can elevate voting from another damn errand to a central part of civic life.
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National Give a Bigot a Swift Kick in the Booty day!
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Major League Baseball Opening Day. And every game scheduled that day would be a day game.
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Beer drinking day. I am not sure when is a good time for it.
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A national holiday honoring all "All Native Americans" They earned it.
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I always thought the first day of spring, March 20 or 21 should be a holiday. This would be good since there are no holidays in March.
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