Fraternal Day is a legal holiday in the state of
Alabama
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in the United States. It is celebrated annually on the second Monday in October on the same day as
Columbus Day
Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October 12, 1492.
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and
American Indian Heritage Day
Native American Heritage Day is a civil holiday observed on the day after Thanksgiving in the United States.
National legislative history
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Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama on the second Thursday of October beginning in 1915.
In 1915, The Fraternal Monitor, published by the National Fraternal Congress of America, included notes regarding a Fraternal Day celebration to be held April 22 in San Francisco. Fraternal Day Chairman Dempster personally invited President Woodrow Wilson and the Monitor promoted it as "the greatest fraternal gathering, and likewise the greatest peace gathering, ever held in this country."
In 1915, Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas introduced to the United States Senate the National Fraternal Day bill to adopt October 27 as a federal holiday celebrating Fraternal Day. The bill did not pass.
In 1915, The Morning Oregonian reported that at April 22 Fair at the Exposition Grounds, San Francisco "a host of fraternal organizations descended on the exposition in celebration of fraternal day." Charles W. Dempster, chairman of the National Fraternal Day committee was a guest speaker.
In Sacramento, California, Pioneer and Fraternal Day was celebrated as one of a series of celebrations during the Days of '49 Celebration from May 23 to May 29, 1922.
In Reading, Pennsylvania, ''The Reading Eagle'' reported on February 28, 1923 that 70 organizations were scheduled to participate in Reading's 175th Anniversary week with one day designated as Fraternal day.
The National Congress of Fraternal Organization, calling for a National Fraternal Day, stated in its Fraternal Monitor publication, "“Mighty forces have been, and are at work in the cause of Darkness against the spirit, precepts and application alike of the teachings of Fraternalism – which are the applied Golden Rule.”
Madison, Alabama
Madison is a city located primarily in Madison County, near the northern border of the U.S. state of Alabama. Madison extends west into neighboring Limestone County. The city is included in the Huntsville Metropolitan Area, the second-largest ...
held its first Fraternal Day Celebration on Sunday October 12, 2014 at the Hogan Family YMCA. Participating organizations included th
North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organizations Coalition Madison County District 2 of the
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama, the United Way, and the Madison Chamber of Commerce.
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Public holidays in the United States
October observances
Monday observances
Holidays and observances by scheduling (nth weekday of the month)