Your August Birthday: August Holidays, Traditions and More

Poor ol' August doesn't have any national holidays or well-known religious holidays. It's too early to trick-or-treat and it's WAY too early to write to Santa. August doesn't even usually get a very interesting calendar picture! What's a summer baby to do for celebration around here? Well, there's more to August than meets the eye, and you will find most of it here!

Monthly Observances
August is National Win with Civility Month, as well as the National Month for immunization awareness, inventors, panini, and water quality, so after a long day slaving over your inventions, you can have a grilled sandwich and a glass of crystal-clear water and think about how nice it is to have all your immunizations. But don't gloat; be a good sport about it!

Weirdest Holiday: While I must admit some fascination for Southern Hemisphere Hoodie Hoo Day (22^nd), I fear I may not be allowed to participate by dint of my not being located on the proper half of the Earth. We Northern Hemisphere people will have to be content with Sneak Some Zucchini onto Your Neighbor's Porch Night (8^th), which should offer plenty of opportunity for hijinks to ensue...

August Traditions
Flower: gladiolus - sincerity, strength of character
Birthstone: peridot -marital happiness Leo's gem: amber
Zodiac sign: Leo (1-23) and Virgo (24-31; see September for details). Leo, represented by the powerful lion, is a fire sign and displays the spontaneity and unpredictability of that element. Leos are not always as forceful as you'd think, but have a very secure sense of self and like to associate with people and possessions that make them look good. Leos love to joke around and be the life of the party, so it can be difficult to get them to be serious about things, and making any kind of commitment can be an immense challenge for them! Best friends: Sagittarius and Aries. Best love matches: Gemini, Libra and Aquarius.

Famous Birthdays: Francis Scott Key (1^st), Mary-Louise Parker (2nd), Tony Bennett (3^rd), Barack Obama (4th), Neil Armstrong (5^th), Andy Warhol (6^th), Charlize Theron (7th), Dustin Hoffman (8^th),  Whitney Houston (9th), Antonio Banderas (10th), Alex Haley (11^th), Mark Knopfler (12th), Alfred Hitchcock (13^th), Halle Berry (14th), Julia Child (15^th), Madonna (16th), Mae West (17^th), Robert Redford (18^th), John Stamos (19th), Amy Adams (20th), Count Basie (21^st), Ray Bradbury (22^nd), Kobe Bryant (23rd), Dave Chappelle (24th), Sean Connery (25^th), Mother Theresa (26th), Confucius (27^th), Goethe (28^th), Michael Jackson (29^th), Cameron Diaz (30th), Richard Gere (31^st).

Catholic Feast Days
1- St Peter's Chains, Lammas Day, St Alphonsus Mary de Ligouri, St Friard
2 -The Virgin of the Angels, Ste Sidwell
3- Ste Lydia
4 -St John Baptist Marie Vianney, St Sithney
5 -Sts Addai & Mari, Ste Afra, St Oswald
6 -The Transfiguration
7 -St Albert of Trapani, St Cajetan, St Dometius
8 -St Cyriacus the Slave, St Dominic, the Fourteen Holy Helpers, St Hormisdas, the Blessed Mary MacKillop, St Altman
9- Ste Edith Stein, St Emygdius
10- St Besse, St Lawrence
11- St Alexander "Carbonaris", Ste Clare, Ste Philomena
12- St Porcarius, St James Tam
13- St Cassian of Imola, Ste Concordia, St Hippolytus, Ste Radegund
14- St Maximilian Kolbe, St Werenfrid
15- The Assumption, St Arnulf of Soissons, St Tarsicius
16- St Armel, St Rock, St Stephen of Hungary
17- St Hyancith, St Mamas
18- St Agapitus, Ste Helena
19- Ste Joan DeLanoue, St Sebald
20- St Bernard of Clairvaux, St Amadour, St Philibert
21- St Bernard Tolomei, St Pius X
22- St Symphorian
23- Ste Rose of Lima
24- St Bartholomew, St Owen of Rouen
25- St Genesius, St Joseph Calasanctius, St Louis
26- Ste Teresa Jornet e Ibars, Ste Elizabeth aiz de Bichier des Anges, St Zephyrinus
27- Ste Margaret the Barefooted, Ste Monica, St Phanurius
28- St Augustine of Hippo, St Hermes, St Moses the Black
29- Ste Sabina, St Richard Herst
30- St John Roche
31- Aidan of Lindisfarne, St Raymond Nonnatus

Want to see more? Check out these other months:

January - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/01/your-january-birthday-january-holidays.html
February - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/02/your-february-birthday-february.html
March - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-march-birthday-march-holidays.html
April - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/03/your-april-birthday-april-holidays.html
May - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/05/your-may-birthday-may-holidays.html
June - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/05/your-june-birthday-holidays-traditions.html
July - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/07/your-july-birthday-july-holidays.html
September - https://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2019/08/your-september-birthday-september.html
October - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/09/your-october-birthday-october-holidays.html
November - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2017/10/your-november-birthday-november.html
December - http://bucketofuseful.blogspot.com/2016/12/your-december-birthday-december.html

Image of gladiolus from Pixabay  https://pixabay.com/en/gladiolus-flowers-white-yellow-965890/