My computer alerted me this morning that it’s Earth month.
The whole planet gets…a month.
Add it to the list:
Things That Get a Month (non-exhaustive)
- The Earth (April)
- The entirety of Black history (February)
- The entirety of women’s history (March)
- The history of the Confederacy (April, shared with the Earth by seven states)
- Child abuse prevention (April, shared with the Earth in fifty states and the history of the Confederacy in seven states)
- Mental health awareness (May)
- LGBT Pride (June)
- African-American music (June, shared with LGBT Pride)
- Safety (June, shared with LGBT Pride and African-American music)
- Ice cream (July)
- Bourbon heritage (September)
- Honey (September)
- Guide dogs (September)
- Hispanic heritage (Back half of September—shared with Bourbon heritage, honey, and guide dogs—through front half of October—shared with LGBT history, Italian-American heritage and culture, Filipino American history, arts & humanities, disability employment awareness, Polish American heritage, cyber security awareness, bullying prevention, and pizza)
- Men’s health issues (November, via Movember)
- Native American Indian/Alaska Native heritage (November, shared with Men’s health issues)
