Indiana
Indiana Day is a legal holiday in the state of Indiana
Indiana in the United States, commemorating the state's 1816 admission to the Union. It was first instituted in 1925 by the Indiana
Indiana General Assembly. The Indiana Code directs the governor to issue an annual proclamation to observe December 11 as the day statehood was granted to Indiana
Indiana by the United States Congress and the state's admission to the Union. The law also requires state schools to hold appropriate events to commemorate the event and authorizes public celebrations to be held. Historically the day is commemorated in Indianapolis
Indianapolis with speeches and events in the Indiana
Indiana Statehouse. The day is not a paid holiday, and government employees work on the day. See also[edit]

List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union

External links[edit]

Indiana
Indiana Code Indiana
Indiana Day

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Indianapolis
Indianapolis (capital)

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Society

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Regions

Central Indiana

East Central Indiana Wabash Valley

Northern Indiana

Northeast Indiana Northwest Indiana Michiana

Southern Indiana

Indiana
Indiana Uplands Kentuckiana Southwestern Indiana

Largest cities

Anderson Bloomington Carmel Columbus Elkhart Evansville Fishers Fort Wayne Gary Goshen Greenwood Hammond Indianapolis Jeffersonville Kokomo Lafayette Lawrence Michigan City Mishawaka Muncie New Albany Noblesville Portage Richmond South Bend Terre Haute Valparaiso Westfield

Largest towns

Brownsburg Clarksville Highland Merrillville Munster Plainfield Schererville

Counties

Adams Allen Bartholomew Benton Blackford Boone Brown Carroll Cass Clark Clay Clinton Crawford Daviess Dearborn Decatur DeKalb Delaware Dubois Elkhart Fayette Floyd Fountain Franklin Fulton Gibson Grant Greene Hamilton Hancock Harrison Hendricks Henry Howard Huntington Jackson Jasper Jay Jefferson Jennings Johnson Knox Kosciusko LaGrange Lake LaPorte Lawrence Madison Marion Marshall Martin Miami Monroe Montgomery Morgan Newton Noble Ohio Orange Owen Parke Perry Pike Porter Posey Pulaski Putnam Randolph Ripley Rush Saint Joseph Scott Shelby Spencer Starke Steuben Sullivan Switzerland Tippecanoe Tipton Union Vanderburgh Vermillion Vigo Wabash Warren Warrick Washington Wayne Wells White Whitley

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Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States

January

New Year's Day
New Year's Day (federal) Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (federal)

Confederate Heroes Day (TX) Fred Korematsu Day
Fred Korematsu Day (CA, FL, HI, VA) Idaho Human Rights Day (ID) Inauguration Day (federal quadrennial, DC area) Kansas Day (KS) Lee–Jackson Day
Lee–Jackson Day (formerly Lee–Jackson–King Day) (VA) Robert E. Lee Day
Robert E. Lee Day (FL) Stephen Foster Memorial Day (36) The Eighth (LA, former federal)

January–February

Super Bowl Sunday

February American Heart Month Black History Month

Washington's Birthday/Presidents' Day (federal) Valentine's Day

Georgia Day (GA) Groundhog Day Lincoln's Birthday
Lincoln's Birthday (CA, CT, IL, IN, MO, NJ, NY, WV) National Girls and Women in Sports Day National Freedom Day (36) Primary Election Day (WI) Ronald Reagan Day
Ronald Reagan Day (CA) Rosa Parks Day
Rosa Parks Day (CA, MO) Susan B. Anthony Day
Susan B. Anthony Day (CA, FL, NY, WI, WV, proposed federal)

February–March

Mardi Gras

Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday (religious) Courir de Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (religious) Super Tuesday

March Irish-American Heritage Month National Colon Cancer Awareness Month Women's History Month

St. Patrick's Day (religious) Spring break
Spring break (week)

Casimir Pulaski Day
Casimir Pulaski Day (IL) Cesar Chavez Day
Cesar Chavez Day (CA, CO, TX, proposed federal) Evacuation Day (Suffolk County, MA) Harriet Tubman Day
Harriet Tubman Day (NY) Holi
Holi (NY, religious) Mardi Gras
Mardi Gras (AL (in two counties), LA) Maryland Day
Maryland Day (MD) National Poison Prevention Week
National Poison Prevention Week (week) Prince Jonah Kūhiō Kalanianaʻole Day (HI) Saint Joseph's Day
Saint Joseph's Day (religious) Seward's Day (AK) Texas Independence Day
Texas Independence Day (TX) Town Meeting Day (VT)

March–April

Easter
Easter (religious)

Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday (religious) Passover
Passover (religious) Good Friday
Good Friday (CT, NC, PR, religious) Easter
Easter Monday (religious)

April Confederate History Month

420 Day April Fools' Day Arbor Day Confederate Memorial Day
Confederate Memorial Day (AL, MS) Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust (week) Earth Day Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day (DC) Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Jefferson's Birthday (AL) Pascua Florida (FL) Patriots' Day
Patriots' Day (MA, ME) San Jacinto Day
San Jacinto Day (TX) Siblings Day Walpurgis Night
Walpurgis Night (religious)

May Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Jewish American Heritage Month

Memorial Day
Memorial Day (federal) Mother's Day (36) Cinco de Mayo

Harvey Milk Day
Harvey Milk Day (CA) Law Day (36) Loyalty Day (36) Malcolm X Day
Malcolm X Day (CA, IL, proposed federal) May Day Military Spouse Day National Day of Prayer
National Day of Prayer (36) National Defense Transportation Day (36) National Maritime Day (36) Peace Officers Memorial Day
Memorial Day (36) Truman Day
Truman Day (MO)

June Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month

Father's Day (36)

Bunker Hill Day
Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk County, MA) Carolina Day
Carolina Day (SC) Emancipation Day
Emancipation Day In Texas / Juneteenth
Juneteenth (TX) Flag Day (36, proposed federal) Helen Keller Day
Helen Keller Day (PA) Honor America Days (3 weeks) Jefferson Davis Day
Jefferson Davis Day (AL, FL) Kamehameha Day
Kamehameha Day (HI) Odunde Festival
Odunde Festival (Philadelphia, PA) Senior Week (week) West Virginia Day
West Virginia Day (WV)

July

Independence Day (federal)

Lā Hoʻihoʻi Ea (HI, unofficial) Parents' Day
Parents' Day (36) Pioneer Day (UT)

July–August

Summer vacation

August

American Family Day (AZ) Barack Obama Day
Barack Obama Day (IL) Bennington Battle Day (VT) Hawaii Admission Day / Statehood Day (HI) Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (TX) National Aviation Day
National Aviation Day (36) Service Reduction Day (MD) Victory over Japan Day (RI, former federal) Women's Equality Day
Women's Equality Day (36)

September Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Labor Day
Labor Day (federal)

California Admission Day
California Admission Day (CA) Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (36) Constitution Day (36) Constitution Week (week) Defenders Day
Defenders Day (MD) Gold Star Mother's Day
Gold Star Mother's Day (36) National Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day (36) National Payroll Week (week) Native American Day (CA, TN, proposed federal) Patriot Day
Patriot Day (36)

September–October Hispanic Heritage Month

Oktoberfest

Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah (religious) Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur (religious)

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month Disability Employment Awareness Month Filipino American History Month LGBT History Month

Columbus Day
Columbus Day (federal) Halloween

Alaska Day (AK) Child Health Day (36) General Pulaski Memorial Day German-American Day Indigenous Peoples' Day
Indigenous Peoples' Day (VT) International Day of Non-Violence Leif Erikson Day
Leif Erikson Day (36) Missouri Day (MO) National School Lunch Week Native American Day (SD) Nevada Day
Nevada Day (NV) Sweetest Day White Cane Safety Day
White Cane Safety Day (36)

October–November

Diwali
Diwali (religious)

November Native American Indian Heritage Month

Veterans Day
Veterans Day (federal) Thanksgiving (federal)

Day after Thanksgiving (24) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, WV, proposed federal) Family Day (NV) Hanukkah
Hanukkah (religious) Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial) Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA) Obama Day
Obama Day (Perry County, AL)

December

Christmas
Christmas (religious, federal)

Alabama Day (AL) Christmas
Christmas Eve (KY, NC, SC) Day after Christmas
Christmas (KY, NC, SC, TX) Festivus Hanukkah
Hanukkah (religious, week) Indiana
Indiana Day (IN) Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa (religious, week) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) New Year's Eve Pan American Aviation Day (36) Rosa Parks Day
Rosa Parks Day (OH, OR) Wright Brothers Day (36)

Varies (year round)

Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha (religious) Eid al-Fitr
Eid al-Fitr (religious) Ramadan
Ramadan (religious, month)

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