National Administrative Professionals day

Apparently yesterday was Administrative Professionals day. It made me think, who actually determines national days? Do our federal taxes actually pay a salary to someone out there who has the job of declaring April 27th "National Ant Rights awareness day?" We ask that young boys refrain from torching ants with their magnifying glasses on this day. Instead, present them with a small gift in appreciation for all their comrads who have fallen to the heat of that bright light in the past.

So, I've done my research. Administrative Professionals day is the Wednesday of Administrative Professionals week. The entire week (originally called National Secretaries week) was declared in 1952 by the US secretary of commerce Charles Sawyer.

Actually, there is no such thing as a "National Holiday." All holidays are determined by each state. For example, Patriot's Day (Boston Marathon day), in Massachusetts is not observed by other states. Most states observe the national holidays anyway though.

Only the President and Congress can legally designate a federal holiday for federal employees, then the states have the option of whether or not to adopt that holiday for their state employees.

So there's the story about national holidays. I'm going now so that I can write congress and petition for "National $2,000 hammer day." The holiday where we all go out and buy a $2,000 hammer from a company that we own in order to fund projects that we aren't really supposed to be funding.