Georgia Day

Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia. On February 12, 1733, James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the Ann, at what was to become Georgia's first city (and later the first state capital), Savannah. Not a public holiday, it is observed on or around February 12 at the Georgia Day Parade hosted by the Georgia Historical Society as part of the Georgia History Festival, a two-week celebration of Georgia history.

Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States
Federal holidays
  • Christmas Day
  • Columbus Day
  • Independence Day
  • Labor Day
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
  • Memorial Day
  • New Year's Day
  • Thanksgiving
  • Veterans Day
  • Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day)
Legal state holidays
  • Alabama Day (AL)
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  • Arbor Day (NE)
  • Bennington Battle Day (VT)
  • Casimir Pulaski Day (IL)
  • Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX)
  • Christmas Eve (KY, NC)
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  • Family Day (NV)
  • Flag Day (FL, PA)
  • Georgia Day (GA)
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Municipal holidays with national significance
  • Malcolm X Day (Berkeley, CA)
  • Obama Day (Perry County, AL)
Observances and Ceremonies (Title 36)
  • Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
  • Child Health Day
  • Constitution Day
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  • Law Day
  • Leif Erikson Day
  • Loyalty Day
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  • Christmas
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  • Diwali
  • Easter
  • Easter Monday
  • Good Friday
  • Hanukkah
  • Kwanzaa
  • Mahavir Jayanti
  • Mardi Gras
  • Palm Sunday
  • Passover
  • Ramadan
  • Rosh Hashanah
  • Saint Joseph's Day
  • Saint Patrick's Day
  • Valentine's Day
  • Yom Kippur
Other holidays
  • Cinco de Mayo
  • Earth Day
  • Festivus
  • Four Chaplains Day
  • Free Comic Book Day
  • General Pulaski Memorial Day
  • Groundhog Day
  • Halloween
  • May Day
  • National Doughnut Day
  • New Year's Eve
  • Pi Day
  • Record Store Day
  • Sweetest Day
  • Walpurgis Night
Weeks
  • Chinese New Year
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  • Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
  • Hanukkah
  • Honor America Days
  • Kwanzaa
  • National Payroll Week
  • National Poison Prevention Week
  • National School Lunch Week
  • Passover
  • Spring break
Months
  • American Heart Month
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  • Black History Month
  • Confederate History Month
  • Filipino American History Month
  • Gay and Lesbian Pride Month
  • Jewish American Heritage Month
  • LGBT History Month
  • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month
  • Ramadan
  • Women's History Month
Insular areas
  • Public holidays in Puerto Rico
  • Public holidays in the United States Virgin Islands


Famous quotes containing the words georgia and/or day:

    Georgia, Georgia, no peace I find, just an old sweet song keeps Georgia on my mind.
    Stuart Gorrell (d. 1963)

    ... able to
    Mend measles, nag noses, blast blisters
    And all day waste wordful girls
    And war-boys, and all day
    Say “Oh God!”
    Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)