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- NATIONAL AMERICAN INDIAN HERITAGE MONTH Celebrates and honors the history and culture of Native Americans and indigenous people in the United States.
- Adaptation Awareness Month
- American Education Week (11/18 – 11/22)
- Recycling Awareness Month
- Family Stories Month
- National Gratitude Month
- National Novel Writing Month
- Vegan Month
- November 1 – ALL SAINTS’ DAY • Western Christian Commemorates all known and unknown Christian saints. Eastern Christianity observes it on the first Sunday after Pentecost.
- November 2 – ALL SOULS’ DAY • Christian Commemoration of all faithful Christians who are now dead. In Mexican tradition it is celebrated as Día de los Muertos between October 31 and November 2, and is an occasion to remember dead ancestors and celebrate the continuity of life.
- November 5 – ELECTION DAY A day set by U.S. law for the election of public officials.
- November 6 – BIRTH OF THE BAB • Bahá’í. 1819
- November 9– 10 KRISTALLNACHT Commemorates the 1938 pogrom against Jews throughout Germany and Vienna.
- November 11 – VETERANS’ DAY Honors military veterans and the U.S. Armed Services.
- November 7 – BIRTH OF BAHÁ’U’LLÁH • Bahá’í Observance of the anniversary of the birth in 1817 of Bahá’u’lláh, prophet-founder of the Bahá’í Faith, in Núr, Persia.
- November 12 – DIWALI • Hindu Also called Deepavali, “Festival of Lights”, it celebrates the victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.
- November 12 – BANDI-CHHOR DIWAS • Sikh A commemorative occasion having no fixed date which occurs in October or November and celebrates the release of the Sixth Guru Har Gobind Sahib from imprisonment and coincides with Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights.
- November 16 – INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR TOLERANCE Emphasizes the dangers of intolerance and is a call to action for the advancement of human welfare, freedom and progress everywhere, as well as a day to encourage tolerance, respect, dialogue and cooperation among different cultures and peoples.
- November 16 – DUTCH AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY
- November 13-17 – AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK Celebrates public education
- and honors individuals who are making a difference in ensuring every child in the
- U.S. receives a quality education.
- November 20 – TRANSGENDER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE Memorializes those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice.
- November 26 – DAY OF THE COVENANT • Bahá’í Day of the Covenant is a festival observed to commemorate Bahá’u’lláh’s appointment of His son, Abdu’l-Baha, as His successor.
- November 27– GURU NANAK DEV JI’S BIRTHDAY • Sikh A very important holiday in the Sikh faith as Guru Nanak Dev’s was the First Guru of the Sikhs and the Founder of Sikhism. He was born in mid-November; the holiday is celebrated according to the lunar date.
- November 28 – THANKSGIVING DAY Following a 19th century tradition, it commemorates the Pilgrims’ harvest feast in the autumn of 1621. It is considered by some to be a “national day of mourning,” in recognition of the conquest of Native Americans by colonists.
