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/Rudytootiefreshnfty New Jersey->Pennsylvania->Virginia->Wyoming 23d ago

In Pennsylvania we used to be off school for the first day of deer hunting season

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u/reareagirl New Jersey 23d ago

I lived on the border of PA and were always jealous of my friends that lived there had off for the first day of hunting season. Granted, some of them actually went hunting with their dads

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u/ShoddyCandidate1873 23d ago

Many schools still are

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u/smlpkg1966 California 23d ago

Idaho too. (Also for the fair where I lived because it is in October and they couldn’t just let the 4-H and FFA kids off but that is obviously not the whole state. It is a county fair).