Fairmont State GeoSavvy Guide: CELEBRATIONS

We are on the map! Check us out at AAG Geography Awareness Week 2024 - Geographers Take Action! or on our Storymap 

The best time to celebrate geography is whenever you can!

Looking for an event or day observance to celebrate for a geography event? 

Awareness Day Calendar (Happiness Index)

International Days and Weeks (United Nations)

Multinational Festivals and Holidays (Wikipedia)

Safety Observance Calendar (National Safety Council)

Learn more about holidays and celebrations at the library. 

Brown, R. S., & Brown, L. E. (2015). Haunted holidays : twelve months of Kentucky ghosts. University Press of Kentucky. 

Cohen, H., & Coffin, T. P. (1987). The Folklore of American holidays (1st ed). Gale Research Co.

Laughman, E. (2019). Rituals to observe : stories about holidays from the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction. University of Georgia Press.