August 2015 - Lions International Trading Pin Club

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Holiday Series
August 2015
The Holiday Series
Aug 2015
NOTE: Syttende Mai is the day Norway ratified its constitution
on 17 May 1814. However, they did not become independent
from Sweden until1905, and until then, Syttende Mai celebrations were frowned upon and even forbidden.
HS 1208 15
HS 1209 15
Al Wilson (CAN)
Mike Connor (MN)
Seasons Greetings
Syttende Mai Day
Congratulations to Lion Mike Connor for giving us this small
bit of history by the issue of his Syttende Mai pin.
NOTE: The Pin to the right was
the registration pin at the Northeast Pin Swap in Boston. It was
in support of the salute to the
National Lobster Day celebration.
HS 1210 15
HS 1211 15
Doug Raymond (IN)
Massachusetts Pin Traders
Santa & the Airplane
National Lobster Day
June 15 Each Year
HS 1214 15
HS 1212 15
HS 1213 15
Mississippi Pin Traders
Charles & Coleen Michael (OK)
Happy Mothers Day
The Real Santa & Coleen
HS-122
John Leggett (UK)
Lincolnshire Day
October 1
HS 1215 15
Pennsylvania Pin Traders
Santa & His Liquid Refreshment
The Holiday Series
HS 1216 15
Aug 2015
HS 1217 15
Yellow Hat
HS 1218 15
Green Hat
Black Hat
HS 1219 15
Red Hat
HS 1221 15
HS 1220 15
Purple Hat
Teal Hat
Mississippi Pin Traders
Celebrating Mardi Gras 2015
HS 1222 15
Kentucky Pin Fest
Registration Pin
Blue State
“Happy Thanksgiving”
HS 1223 15
HS 1224 15
Kentucky Pin Fest
Breakfast Pin
Purple State
“Happy Thanksgiving”
Joe Volpe (VA)
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day”
Red Base
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HS 1225 15
Joe Volpe (VA)
“Happy St. Patrick’s Day”
Black Base
The Holiday Series
HS 1226 15
Pat Kerr (VA)
National Bird Day
January 5
Aug 2015
HS 1227 15
Hank & Ann Ragland (VA)
24B Arbor Day Garden Week
April 2015
NOTE: This page will be reprinted and the space will be filled in the September
Update.
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The Holiday Series
Aug 2015
Thought you might like to see the Holidays that we have featured in this Series. Obviously, some have been
featured multiple times. We still have ten months remaining in the series and that’s plenty of time for you to
feature yet another unique and possibly local holiday that most of us have never heard of before .
ANZAC Day, Australia
Ancient & Horribles Parade Day - July 4
April Fools Day - April 1
Arbor Day, USA
Armed Forces Day, USA
Australia Day - January 26
Battle of the Bulge WW II
Bennington Battle Day - August 16
Birth of the U.S. Navy - October 13, 1775
Boys Day Japan - May
Canada Day
Canadian Octoberfest
Chanukah
Christmas - December 25
Cinco de Mayo
Colorado Rockies Day, USA
Columbus Day, USA - October 12
Commonwealth Day
Confederate Memorial Day, USA
D-Day 70th Anniversary
Easter
Fathers Day, USA
Flag Day, USA - June 14
Floating Holiday
Forest City Rendezvous Celebration, USA
Friendship Day, USA
Gay Pride Day
Girls Day Japan - March
Grandparents Day
Granger County Tomato Festival
Haitian Carnival
Halloween, USA - October 31
Hawaii Statehood Day - August 21
Independence Day, USA - July 4
International Ladies of the Night Festival - June 2
Jackie Robinson Day, USA - April 15
King Kamehameha Day - June 11
Labor Day, USA - First Monday of September
Labour Day, Australia
Mardi Gras
Martin Luther King Day, USA - January 19
Continued Next Page
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May Day
Memorial Day, USA
Midwinter Night Antarctica - June 22
Minnesota Lions Acorn Day
Minnesota Lions Pioneer Days
Minnesota Winter Carnival
Moneta Kite Day, USA
Mothers Day, USA
National Bird Day - January 5
National Day of Prayer, USA
National Immunization Day
National Music Day
National Pig Day, USA
National Spaghetti Day - January 4
National Tartan Day
New Hampshire Civil Rights Day, USA - January 19
New Hampshire Fast Day, USA - March 17
New Years Day - January 1
Oklahoma Day
Passover
POW/MIA Recognition Day
Presidents Day, USA
Prince Kuhio Day, USA
Purim
Queen’s Birthday, Australia
Remembrance Day, UK & AUS - November 11
Remembrance Day, Canada - November 11
Robert Burns Day
Rosh Hashanah
St Francis, Minnesota Pioneer Day
St George Day, UK
St Patrick’s Day - March 17
Saint Paul Minnesota Winter Carnival
St Valentines Day - February 14
Seward’s Day - Last Day of March
Shavuot
Thanksgiving Day, USA - 4th Thursday
Veterans Day, USA - November 11
West Virginia Day - June 20
Winter Solstice Holiday
World Toilet Day
Yorktown Day - October 19
Yom Kippur
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