Denison Cultural Observances

Israel’s Independence Day. It is celebrated on the fifth day of the month of Iyar, the Hebrew date of the formal establishment of the State of Israel.

The fire festival, celebrating the coming of summer and the fertility of the coming year. One of the eight major annual sabbats or festivals for druids.

Bahá’u’lláh commemorates the death of the founder of the Baha’i faith; Bahaullah died on May 29, 1892.

Denison celebrates the LGBTQIA community in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan.

In Judaism, Shavuot commemorates receipt of the Torah on Mount Sinai (two of three pilgrimage festivals).

Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the emancipation of enslaved African Americans.

Kupala Night, also called Ivanа-Kupala and the Feast of Ivan Kupala, is a traditional eastern Slavic celebration.

On July 4, 1776, Congress passed the Declaration of Independence.