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Alaska Designated Days and Months of Honor

As designated in AS 44.12

January

  • 1/9 Alaska Law Enforcement Officers' Day

February

  • Black History Month
  • Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month
  • 2/2 Marmot Day
  • 2/6 Ernest Gruening Day
  • 2/16 Elizabeth Peratrovich Day

March

  • Sobriety Awareness Month
  • 1st Saturday Susan Butcher Day
  • 1st week Alaska History Week
  • 3/12 Ashley Johnson-Barr Day
  • 3/29 Vietnam Veterans Day
  • 3/27 Great Alaska Good Friday Earthquake Remembrance Day

April

  • 4/9 (and 3rd Friday in September) Prisoners of War and Missing in Action Recognition Days
  • 4/20 Bob Bartlett Day
  • 4/24 Vic Fischer and Jack Coghill Constitution of the State of Alaska Day

May

  • Motorcycle and Motor Scooter Awareness Month
  • 1st Tuesday Alaska Agriculture Day
  • 1st Thursday Alaska Day of Prayer
  • 5/1 Family day and family preservation month
  • 5/10 Alaska Mining Day
  • 5/15 Hmong-American Veterans Day
  • 5/31 Katie John Day
  • Saturday preceding Memorial Day Alaska Public Gardens Day

June

  • 2nd Sunday Children's Day
  • 3rd Saturday Juneteenth Day
  • 6/3 Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day
  • 6/7 Walter Harper Day
  • 6/27 Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day

July

  • 4th Saturday Ted Stevens Day
  • 7/3 Drunk Driving Victims Remembrance Day
  • 7/9 Alaska Flag Day
  • 7/21 Jay Hammond Day
  • 7/30 Alaska National Guard Day

August

  • 8/7 Purple Heart Day
  • 8/10 Alaska Wild Salmon Day
  • 8/24 Wickersham Day

September

  • 2nd Wednesday Older Alaskans' Day
  • 9/9 Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day
  • 9/11 Patriot Day

October

  • 2nd Monday Indigenous Peoples Day
  • 10/8 William A. Egan Day
  • 10/9 Alaska Firefighters' Day
  • 10/18 Alaska Territorial Guard Day
  • 10/25 African American Soldiers' Contribution to Building the Alaska Highway Day

November

  • Avalanche Awareness Month
  • Alaska Native Heritage Month
  • 11/1 Military Family Day
  • 11/9 Women Veterans Day
  • 11/14 Dr Walter Soboleff Day
  • 11/30 Anthony J. Dimond Day

December

  • 12/7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

Page last updated 04/19/2023