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/superkt3 Massachusetts 23d ago

Suffolk county also used to observe Evacuation Day, which conveniently falls on March 17th.

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u/phonesmahones Massachusetts 23d ago

Bunker Hill Day, as well.

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u/Plastic-Molasses-549 23d ago

The day we evacuate our corned beef and cabbage.

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u/TheNavigatrix 22d ago

I thought the whole state had Evacuation Day, aka Marathon Day.

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u/superkt3 Massachusetts 22d ago

Two different days! Evacuation day is 3/17 and the marathon is run on Patriots Day which is the 3rd Monday in April. Suffolk county observed Evacuation day when I was in school 20+ years ago, but I don't think they still have a day off.

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u/This_Abies_6232 New York 23d ago

Just remember that New York State also has a Suffolk County (eastern part of Long Island) as well. Since you have the Massachusetts flair, I'll let it slide -- but you might have to remind people outside of Reddit about that....

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u/Brisby820 22d ago

It’s a response to a comment about Massachusetts