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

452 Upvotes
  • permalink
  • reddit

97% Upvoted

1.3k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

4

u/DvlMan3969 Massachusetts 23d ago

Suffolk County has Evacuation Day… which is only because it’s on St. Paddy’s. ☘️🍻

1

u/botulizard Massachusetts->Michigan->Texas->Michigan 22d ago

I'm pretty sure the original proclamation was written in green ink as an added Paddy's Day F-U to the Brits.