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National Park Service announces [17] fee-free days

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/national_park_service_announce.html

"Want to visit a National Park this year but don't want to pay the entrance fees? Then plan to visit on any one of 17 days in 2011. About 147 of the 394 parks and historic sites operated by the National Park Service charge admission fees ranging from $3 to $25. Fees will be waived on the weekend of Martin Luther King Jr. Day (January 15-17), National Park Week (April 16-24), the first day of summer (June 21), National Public Lands Day (September 24), and the weekend of Veterans Day (November 11-13), the National Park Service said Wednesday [January 5, 2011]. Several park concession stands and stores will also offer discounts on fee free days."

2012 Recent and Upcoming Events List

January

01/01 - Holiday - New Year's Day

01/06 - 12 Days of Christmas ends with the feast of Epiphany

01/17/2011 - Holiday - MLK, Jr. Birthday (Annually observed on 3rd Mon in Jan)

February

02/01 - National Freedom Day

02/02/2011 - Ground Hog Day

02/03/2011 - Chinese New Year of the Golden Rabbit starts on February 3, 2011 and ends on January 22, 2012

02/04/2011 - National Wear Red Day - Fight Heart Disease in Women (First Friday in February)

02/12 - President Lincoln's Birthday

02/14 - Valentine's Day

02/21/2011 - Holiday - Presidents Day Observed (3rd Mon in Feb)

02/22 - President Washington's Birthday

02/24 - National Chili Day in America (Last Thu in Feb)

March

03/04 - National Grammar Day

03/08 - International Women's Day

03/08/2011 - Fat Tuesday, First day of Lent (Occurs forty-six days (forty days not counting Sundays) before Easter)

3/11 - Pensacola-FL and Lillian-AL National Birthday Holiday - Dorothy Ellen (Holman) Oshana

03/14 - Pi Day (Pi Approximation Day)

03/13/2011 - Daylight Saving Time Begins (Spring ahead one-hour; i.e., turn clock ahead one hour of Standard Time)

03/17 - St. Patrick's Day

03/20/2011 - Vernal Equinox 2321 UTC

03/20/2011 - First Day of Spring

03/25 - Maryland Day

April

04/01 - All Fool's Day

04/01/1893 - Birthday U. S. Navy Chief Petty Officer (CPO) Rating

04/11/1900 - Submarine Force Birthday

04/17/2011 - Palm Sunday (Falls on the Sunday before Easter Sunday)

04/18/2011 - Note Income Tax Returns for 2010 Tax Year are due on the 18^th vs. 15^th.

04/19/2011 - Patriot's Day (3rd Mon in April)

04/19/2011 - Boston Marathon (3rd Mon in April)

04/19/2011 - Passover (Jewish holiday)

04/22/2011 - Good Friday (Observed on the Friday before Easter Sunday)

04/22/2011 - Earth Day

04/24/2011 - Easter

04/25/2011 - Easter Monday

04/27/2011 - Administrative Professionals (Secretary's) Day (Wed of last full week of Apr)

May

05/01 - May Day

05/05/2011 - Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for the Fifth of May, commemorates 1862 Mexican militia victory over French army)

05/08/2011 - Mother's Day (2nd Sun in May)

05/21/2011 - Armed Forces Day (3rd Sat in May)

05/30/2011 - Holiday - Memorial Day (Last Mon in May)

05/30 - Day of Remembrance - Traditional Memorial Day

June

06/01 - Atlantic Hurricane Season Begins

06/05/2011 - National Child’s Day (1st Sun in Jun)

06/06/1944 - D-Day Anniversary

06/05-- World Environment Day

06/12/2011 - Pentecost (Marks the end of the Easter season)

06/14 - Flag Day

06/19/2011 - Father's Day (3rd Sun in Jun)

06/19/2011 - Trinity Sunday

06/21/2011 - Summer Solstice 1716 UTC

06/21 - First Day of Summer

06/28 - Tau Day - Tau is the ratio of circumference to radius of a circle

July

07/04 - Holiday - Independence Day

07/24 /2011 - Parent's Day (4th Sun of Jul)

August

08/04/1790 - USCG Established

08/07/2011 - Friendship Day(1st Sun of Aug)

08/13 - Left-Handers Day

08/15/2011 - Assumption Day

08/19 - National Aviation Day

08/26 - Women's Equality Day (Woman given right to vote on August 26/1920)

September

09/05/2011 - Holiday - Labor Day (1st Mon in Sep)

09/11/2011 - Grandparent's Day (1st Sun after Labor Day)

09/11/2011 - Patriot Day

09/16/2011 - Constitution Day (or Citizenship Day) Observed

09/17/1787 - Constitution Day (Date the U.S. Constitution signed by thirty-nine brave men)

09/17/2011 - Start of the 2011 Octoberfest held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

09/21 - International Day of Peace

09/22 - Native American Day (4^th Fri in Sep)

09/23/2011 - Autumnal Equinox 0904 UTC

09/23/2011 - First Day of Autumn

09/25 - Gold Star Mother's Day (Last Sun in Sep)

09/29/2011 - Jewish Rosh Hashanah/Feast of Trumpets

October

10/03/2011 - End of the 2011 October fest held in Munich, Bavaria, Germany

10-07/2011 - Smile Day (1st Fri in Oct)

10/09/2011 - Child Health Day (1st Mon in Oct)

10/08/2011 - Jewish Yom Kippur

10/09 - Leif Erikson Day

10/10/2011 - Holiday - Columbus Day Observed (2nd Mon in Oct)

10/10/2011 - Thanksgiving (Canada)

10/13/2011 - Jewish Sukkot

10/23/2011 - Mother-In-Law Day (4th Sun in Oct)

10/24 - United Nations Day

10/30/2011 - Reformation Sunday

10/31 - Reformation Day (Religious holiday in remembrance of the Reformation)

10/31 - Halloween

November

11/01/2011 - All Saints' Day

11/02/2011 - All Souls' Day

11/05/2011 - Guy Fawkes Day

11/06/2011 - Daylight Saving Time Ends (Fall Back one-hour; i.e., turn clock back one hour to Standard Time)

11-07/2011 - General Election (1st Tue in Nov)

11/10/1775 - USMC Created

11/11 - Holiday - Veterans Day

11/11 - Remembrance Day

11/11 - Armistice Day

11/24/2011 - Holiday - Thanksgiving Day (4th Thu in Nov)

11/25/2010 - Black Friday - Beginning of the Christmas Shopping Season (Fri following Thanksgiving Day)

11/28/2011 - Runoff Election (4th Tue in Nov)

11/30/2011 - Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends

December

12/07 - National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

12/21/2011 - Hanukkah Begins

12/21 - Forefather's Day

12/22 /2011 - First Day of Winter

12/22/2011 Winter Solstice 0530 UTC

12/25 - Holiday - Christmas Day

12/31 - New Year's Eve