☀️ Summer Solstice Celebration
As days stretch from cold winter nights into the spring evenings, bringing warmth and light, it is June who welcomes the celebration of summer with its Solstice’s longest day of the year. Summer brings family vacations as work is left behind to travel and spend time celebrating just being together. Ironically, it is also the moment when the light begins to fade from the North. Yet, summer’s glow will remain strong through the season bringing family together as work is left behind to travel and spend time celebrating just being together.
June Family Day Celebrations
National Summersgiving Day – June 24, 2023
National Summersgiving Day is celebrated annually on the Saturday after the summer solstice and this year it will be held on June 24. The holiday is dedicated to celebrating life, being grateful for our loved ones, and bringing America’s finest thanksgiving food together. A good number of people have favorite holiday food, and National Summersgiving Day is a great opportunity to combine them into one big meal as we come together to celebrate with family and loved ones. (NationalToday.com. June Holidays. https://nationaltoday.com/june-holidays/)
Aymara New Year – June 21, 2023 — The Sister Southern Hemisphere Winter Celebration
Aymara New Year is observed every year on June 21 in Bolivia. It is the holiest day for the country’s Aymara people. Gratitude to Mother Earth is at the heart of indigenous cultures everywhere, and the Aymara are no exception. The Aymara people are pre-Inca and believed to be descendants of the Tiwanaku civilization. Today marks the Winter Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere and Aymara New Year. An opportunity to purge the old and ring in the new. For Aymara, this is a sacred day where humans can reconnect with nature and their ancestors. A chance to rekindle our long-forgotten connection to the cosmos. (NationalToday.com. June Holidays. https://nationaltoday.com/june-holidays/)
Father's Day – June 18, 2023
Celebrating fatherhood - “As I reflect upon the life lessons taught by my father through the lens of experience and maturity, I pause as I consider their meaning.” Meridian Magazine Article on the life lessons taught by my father
Love your Burial Ground Week – June 5-11, 2023
This year’s Love Your Burial Ground Week is celebrated every second week of June and this year it will be held between June 5 to 11. This native American holiday was designed to assist, support, and commemorate the individuals and groups whose work it is to tend and maintain burial places. Managing and caring for burial grounds is a tough task because they generate strong emotional and psychological reactions. This is why the work is typically regarded as difficult and is typically an inherited obligation within a family or community. (NationalToday.com. June Holidays. https://nationaltoday.com/june-holidays/)
National Flag Week – June 11-17, 2023
National Flag Week starts on June 11 every year. It is a day for all Americans to celebrate and honor the flag, its designers, and its makers. The flag represents all the 50 states of the country that together form the United States of America and its citizens. It is a week for citizens to pause and recognize the greatness of their nation and its people. The American flag has a proud and glorious history, and many brave soldiers have died defending it. Some also observe this week as a way to honor veterans and servicemen. (NationalToday.com. June Holidays. https://nationaltoday.com/june-holidays/)