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August is upon us!

What do we celebrate in August?

See all the notable days of August—from Why August is a month to Lammas Day to Left-Handers Day to the Perseid Meteor Shower!

• August 1, traditionally known as Lammas Day, was a festival to mark the annual wheat and corn harvest. Lammas also marked the mid-point between the summer solstice and autumn equinox and was a cross-quarter day. See more about Lammas Day.

• August 1 is a Civic Holiday in many parts of Canada. Celebrations and names for this holiday vary across the country. For example, in Alberta, it’s celebrated as Heritage Day, while in British Columbia, it’s known as British Columbia Day!

• August 10 is St. Lawrence’s Day. “Fairweather on St. Lawrence’s Day presages a fair autumn.”

• August 11 marks the end of the Dog Days of Summer, which began on July 3.

• August 17 is when the Cat Nights begin, harking back to a rather obscure Irish legend concerning witches; this bit of folklore also led to the idea that a cat has nine lives.

• August 19 brings National Aviation Day, chosen for the birthday of Orville Wright who piloted the first recorded flight of a powered heavier-than-air machine in 1903.

• August 24 is St. Bartholomew Day. “At St. Bartholomew, there comes cold dew.”

• August 26 is Women’s Equality Day, which celebrates the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment and, with it, women’s right to vote in the United States.

August is known for many things, including the dog days of summer, National Watermelon Day (Aug. 3), and National Smile Week (Aug. 5-11). But there are many other fun facts associated with summer's last full month.

• August was named to honor the first Roman emperor (and grandnephew of Julius Caesar), Augustus Caesar (63 B.C..–A.D. 14).

• In August 1762 the sandwich, as we know it, was created when the Earl of Sandwich requested meat between two pieces of bread.

Full Sturgeon Moon

August’s full moon, the Full Sturgeon Moon, reaches peak illumination on the night of Thursday, August 11. For the best view of the full moon, look skyward that night! Read more about August’s Full Moon. It’s also the final super moon of 2022!

Some other August celebrations!

• Aug. 1–7: International Clown Week

• Aug. 3: National Watermelon Day

• Aug. 8: National Sneak Some Zucchini Onto Your Neighbors’ Porch Day (Or, use up that bounty with our best zucchini recipes.)

• Aug. 10: National S’mores Day

• Aug 12: Vinyl Record Day

• Aug. 13: International Left-Handers Day

• Aug. 20: International Geocaching Day

• Aug. 20: World Honeybee Day

• Aug. 25: Kiss-and-Make-Up Day

Folklore for the Season

• Observe on what day in August the first heavy fog occurs, and expect a hard frost on the same day in October.

• If the first week of August is unusually warm, The winter will be white and long.

• So many August fogs, so many winter mists.

• When it rains in August, It raises honey and wine.

August’s birth flowers

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