National Native American Heritage Month, 2009
A Proclamation by the President of the United States of America

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 2009 as National Native American Heritage Month. I call upon all Americans to commemorate this month with appropriate programs and activities, and to celebrate November 27, 2009, as Native American Heritage Day.

 

Full Text of Presidential Proclamation: National Native American Heritage Month

National Grandparent’s Day
Show your appreciation today to your grandparents for all their love and for enriching your life and the lives of your siblings and cousins. Make a phone call, send a card, or better yet – plan to spend the day together.

(XXOOXX miss you Granny XXOOXX)

Video Games Day
A day for video game players to give thanks for the great waste of time fun video games have brought to their lives.

photo credit: Klis via flickr

911 Day / Patriot Day
Honoring and remembering those who lost their lives in the 2001 World Trade Center and the Pentagon attacks.

photo credit: louie volpe; tower of lights, twin towers memorial lower manhattan.

Wonderful Weirdos Day
Today is the day to show your appreciation to all the “weirdos” in your life. You know, those oddballs who have taught you to think outside the box and dare to be different. Give them – or yourself, if you’re the weirdo – a hug today.

photo credit: flickr

( courtesy of www.wellcat.com )

“Have a good time but remember
There is danger in the summer moon above
Will I see you in September
Or lose you to a summer love”

<Sigh> Our summer flings fun times are now over and its time to get back to the real world. <groan>

And the big celebration this month is back to school. Or at least it is for a lot of parents, who are celebrating big time this month! Why you can almost hear the cheers from here!

Free at last,
Free at last,
Thank G-d almighty,
we’re free at last!

So with the summer behind us, its time to get back into the holiday swing of things. There’s lots going on this month as we start the countdown to the upcoming holiday season!

Among the holidays this month we’ll be observing the celebrations of US Labor Day (Sept. 07), the Islamic festival of Eid ul-Fitr (EID) (September 20), Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish New Year – begins sundown Sept. 18), and the Jewish solemn day of fasting Yom Kippur (begins sundown Sept. 27).

And with all this to look forward too, September begins with our absolute favorite daily holiday of the year – Chicken Boy’s Birthday!! (And isn’t it appropriate that its National Chicken Month!)

While September is the 9th month of the year, it originally was the seventh month. In fact September is named for septem – the number seven.

Days: 30
Birthstone: Sapphire
Flower: Aster
Season: Summer, Fall
Horoscope: Virgo, Libra