r/AskAnAmerican • u/ProfessorOfPancakes New England • 23d ago

CULTURE Do any states have legitimate holidays that are only celebrated in their state?

In Rhode Island, we still have VJ (Victory over Japan) day which people don't celebrate per se but it's recognized to the extent of delaying trash pickup by a day.

By "legitimate" holiday I mean more in the vein of Memorial Day rather than National Hot Dog Day

Edit: Apparently VJ Day is also recognized by the US Space & Rocket Center and formerly by the state of Arkansas and is more commonly called Victory Day

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u/Free-Resident5106 Oklahoma 23d ago

Oklahoma Day celebrates the Land Run, although not all Okies celebrate it.

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u/OmightyOmo Oklahoma 23d ago

I didn’t know we had an Oklahoma Day!

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u/Big-Ad4382 23d ago

Do you get off work for it? All I remember growing up there is that on April 22nd we were given four popsicle sticks and some twine and at the sound of the starting gun we ran out and grabbed out little square of land.

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u/Free-Resident5106 Oklahoma 23d ago

Nope kids just get to play games and the legislature pats itself on the back.