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Children's Day

American  

noun

  1. the second Sunday in June, celebrated by Protestant churches with special programs for children: first started in the U.S. in 1868.


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In 1983, US president Ronald Reagan declared the anniversary of his disappearance National Missing Children's Day.

From Barron's ● Jun. 22, 2026

The first Children's Day was held in 2020 with tree planting but then had to be paused because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2025

He added that celebrations for other holidays, like Children’s Day or Mother’s Day, have been common at the shelter, but not for Father’s Day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

"What kind of children's drawing contest can we talk about for Children's Day ... when we have children dying every day?" he says in a recording of the meeting posted on YouTube.

From Reuters ● Jul. 8, 2022

Sunday-schools give each scholar, on Easter day, a little rosebush or a package of seeds, that they may be tended and urged to bloom by Children's Day, when they are all brought in.

From Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers by Amos R. Wells

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