January
- Martin Luther King Day – Third Monday
February
- Presidents Day – Third Monday
- Lincoln Feb 12th/ Washington Feb 16th. Have someone present a short history during your meeting on what these presidents did for our great nation. Also put it in your newsletter
March
- Exemplification of 4th degree
- Bring all your 3rd Degree brothers so that the MD District can make them better patriots
- March 29 – National Vietnam War Veterans Day – Honoring all who served during the Vietnam War
May
- May 8 – Victory in Europe (VE) Day – Commemorating the end of WWII in Europe
- Armed Forces Day – Third Saturday
- Memorial Day – Honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice – last Monday in May. Many 4th Degree Assemblies plan events around this day. Many towns and communities around Maryland have ceremonies
- Place flags and wreaths at cemeteries and monuments
- Field of Honor – Plan something to teach your council family the cost of our freedom
June
- June 6 – D-Day – The anniversary of the historic Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944
- Flag Day June 14th
- Distribute literature about flag protocol, have someone talk about the flag at your social
- US Army Birthday – June 14, 1775
July
- July 4th – Independence Day
- Have a council family picnic. Ask someone to give a brief history of what the Independence Day means to us
- July 27 – Korean War Veterans Armistice Day – Marking the end of fighting in the Korean War
August
- US Coast Guard Birthday – August 4, 1790
- August 7 – Purple Heart Day – Recognizing service members wounded or killed in combat
September
- September 15 – National POW/MIA Recognition Day – Set aside to remember those who were prisoners of war or are missing in action
- US Air Force Birthday – September 18, 1947
October
- US Navy Birthday – October 13, 1775
November
- Election Day – Hold a get out and vote campaign
- US Marine Corps Birthday -November 10, 1775
- November 11 – Veterans Day – An annual day to thank and honor all living American military veterans
- Invite Veterans to a bingo, Bull Roast, or your social
- Go to a VA hospital and visit Vets stuck in a hospital
- Take thank you cards from children to the vets
- Remembrance Day – Nov 11th – Anniversary of Armistice Day during WWI
December
- December 7 – Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day – Honoring those lost in the 1941 attack
- US National Guard Birthday – December 13, 1636
- US Space Force Birthday – December 20, 2019
- Wreaths Across America (Saturdays but date changes yearly)
Check https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/ for exact date- There are hundreds of cemeteries in Maryland that have veterans buried in them. There are many wreath laying ceremonies not only around the state, but around the country as well
- Find more information from your local VFW, Marine Corps League or American Legion. Get the scouts or Civil Air Patrol (youth groups) involved
- Read the service member’s name, salute the stone and place a wreath so their sacrifice and their memory will never be forgotten!