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Calendar Observances for April-June 2023

Here’s this quarter’s calendar observances, including VA-recognized holidays and awareness months.

April

• Black Women’s History Month
• Worldwide Bereaved Spouses Awareness Month
• Sexual Assault Awareness Month
• National Autism Acceptance Month
• Limb Loss Awareness Month
• Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month
• 4/2 World Autism Awareness Day
• 4/5 Gold Star Spouses Day
• 4/6 Holocaust Remembrance Day (Sunset 4/6 – Nightfall 4/7)
• 4/9 National Former Prisoner of War (POW) Recognition Day
• 4/9 Easter Sunday
• 4/9-4/15 Pan-American Week
• 4/15 First School for the Deaf Founded (1817)
• 4/17 Emancipation Day
• 4/18 Holocaust Remembrance Day

May

• Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
• Mental Health Month
• Jewish-American Heritage Month
• National Military Appreciation Month
• Women’s Healthcare Month
• Lupus Awareness Month
• Better Hearing and Speech Month
• Older Americans Month
• 5/12 Military Spouse Appreciation Day
• 5/14 Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Established (1942)
• 5/14-5/20 National Women’s Health Week
• 5/19 National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 5/20 Armed Forces Day
• 5/29 Memorial Day

June

• Caribbean-American Heritage Month
• International Men’s Month
• Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Pride Month
• Men’s Health Education and Awareness Month
• 6/1 Baby Boomers Recognition Day
• 6/12-6/18 Men’s Health Week
• 6/15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
• 6/19 Juneteenth

Last updated: April 26, 2023