Holidays, Events and Facts about March

What may seem to you as a regular month with 31 days, is really a time to recognize a great many causes. Not only is March the third month, it is also: -Red Cross Month -Music in Our Schools Month -National Irish-American Heritage Month -National Craft Month -National Frozen Food Month -National Nutrition Month -National Peanut Month -National Women's History Month -National Professional Social Work Month How you want to celebrate or recognize any of these observances is up to you, but there are plenty of month-long observances you can certainly choose from this month!

If you aren't into month-long observances, you can celebrate shorter, traditional day-long holidays celebrated in March, such as these: -March 15, Ides of March (The first day of the Roman New Year) -March 17, St. Patrick's Day (A day in honor of the Patron Saint of Ireland- just wear green, you'll be fine) -March 20, Vernal Equinox, aka Spring Solstice (When the sun crosses directly over the Earth's equator) -College Basketball

Most of these holidays are completely foreign to me; I do not know how one would celebrate these holidays, however, based on some of the names, you should be able to figure it out: -March 3, If Pets Had Thumbs Day -March 14, National Pi Day (3rd month, 14th day--- 3.14=pi...) -March 19, Poultry Day -March 20, Extraterrestrial Abductions Day -March 22, National Goof Off Day -March 26, Make Your Own Holiday Day -March 28, Something on a Stick Day

While my sister trumps all competitors in this category, there are a great many celebrities worth noting who were born in the month of March. Take a look at a few of them: -March 1, 1994, Justin Bieber -March 1, 1904, Glenn Miller -March 2, 1962, Jon Bon Jovi -March 2, 1904, Dr. Seuss -March 3, 1847, Alexander Graham Bell -March 4, 1888, Knute Rockne -March 6, 1972, Shaquille O'Neal -March 6, 1906, Lou Costello -March 9, 1943, Bobby Fischer -March 10, 1983, Carrie Underwood -March 11, 1931, Rupert Murdoch -March 11, 1903, Lawrence Welk -March 12, 1948, James Taylor -March 14, 1879, Albert Einstein -March 15, 1767, Andrew Jackson -March 16, 1751, James Madison -March 17, 1919, Nat King Cole -March 19, 1848, Wyatt Earp -March 20, 1928, "Mr." Fred Rogers -March 21, 1685, Johann Sebastian Bach -March 22, 1931, William Shatner -March 24, 1976, Peyton Manning -March 25, 1947, Sir Elton John -March 26, 1968, Kenny Chesney -March 26, 1931, Leonard Nimoy -March 26, 1930, Sandra Day O'Connor -March 29, 1867, Cy Young -March 30, 1853, Vincent Van Gogh -March 31, 1928, Gordie Howe