Fun April Holidays and
Inspiring Quotes
“Sweet April showers, do spring May flowers.” Thomas Tusser
The Month of April is:
- Alcohol Awareness Month
- The Month of the Young Child
- Poetry Month
- School Library Media Month
“April is a promise that May is bound to keep.” Hal Borland
- Sports Safety Month
- Keep America Beautiful Month
- National Humor Month
- National Autism Awareness Month
During the Month of April
We Celebrate:
- April 1 – April Fool’s Day
- April 1-7 – Golden Rule Week
- April 2 – International Children’s Book Day
- April 3 – The start of the Pony Express
“So sweet love seemed that April morn. When first we kissed beside the
thorn, so strangely sweet, it was not strange we thought that love could never
change.” Robert Bridges
- April 5 – Maundy Thursday
- April 6 – Good Friday
- April 7 – World Health Day
- April 8 – Easter
“Sweet April showers to spring May flowers.” Thomas Tusser
- April 8-14 – Egg Salad Week
- April 10 – The Safety Pin was patented
- April 15-22 – National Volunteer Week
- April 16 – National Stress Awareness Day
“April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.” William Shakespeare
- April 18 – Thank Your School Librarian Day
- April 19-26 – Intergenerational Week
- April 21 – Birthday of Fredrich Froebel who started the first Kindergarten
- April 23 – The first Movie Theater Opens
“The April winds are magical, and thrill our tuneful frames…” Ralph Waldo
Emerson
- April 24 – National Teach Children to Save Day
- April 27 – National Arbor Day
- April 28 – First Parachute Jump
- April – 30 – Bugs Bunny Debut
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