Ideals and Institutions

• November 26, 2025

  Thanksgiving 2025

  November 27 is Thanksgiving Day in the United States. It is a time when Americans give thanks for freedom and other blessings.

• August 31, 2025

  Labor Day 2025

  September 1st is Labor Day in the United States, a time set aside each year to honor the part played by American workers in the building of a free and prosperous society.

• July 03, 2025

  Fourth of July 2025

  On July 4th, 1776, delegates from thirteen of Britain's North American colonies adopted a resolution "that these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states. . ." In time, these thirteen independent states would become one nation -- the United States of America.

• June 18, 2025

  Juneteenth 2025

  June 19 is a U.S. national holiday known as Juneteenth. It combines the words June and Nineteenth, the day in 1865 on which the last enslaved African Americans in the United States were freed.

• May 25, 2025

  Memorial Day 2025

  Today is Memorial Day -- a time when Americans honor those of their countrymen who, since 1775, have paid freedom’s highest price.

• February 17, 2025

  Presidents Day 2025

  The third Monday in February is Presidents Day in the United States. Originally meant to celebrate George Washington, the country’s first President, today it serves as a recognition of all of the nation’s Presidents.

• January 20, 2025

  Martin Luther King Day 2025

  On the third Monday of each January, Americans honor the memory of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., a leader in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, who advocated for social change through non-violent means.

• December 25, 2024

  Christmas 2024

  "My wish for you and for the nation, now and always, is [that] we continue to seek the light of liberty and love, kindness and compassion, dignity and decency," said President Biden.

• November 28, 2024

  Thanksgiving 2024

  “Throughout our country’s history, this season of reflection and giving thanks comes in good times and tough ones,” said President Joe Biden.

• November 11, 2024

  Veterans Day 2024

  “In memory of those who fought here, died here, literally saved the world here, let us be worthy of their sacrifice,” said President Biden.

• November 08, 2024

  After the U.S. Election, Another Peaceful Transfer of Power on the Horizon

  "The country chooses one or the other. We accept the choice the country made. I’ve said many times you can’t love your country only when you win. You can’t love your neighbor only when you agree," said President Biden.

• October 14, 2024

  Columbus Day 2024

  On this day, President Joe Biden annually issues two proclamations: one for Columbus Day, and a second for Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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