§116. Statehood Day
March 15th of each year shall be designated as Statehood Day, and the Governor shall annually issue a proclamation inviting and urging the people of the State of Maine to observe the day in schools and other suitable places with appropriate ceremony and activity. Statehood Day shall commemorate the admission of Maine as a state into the United States of America and the ideals and wisdom of those men and women who have formed Maine's history and traditions. The Department of Education shall make appropriate information available to the people and the schools within the limits of its budget. [PL 1989, c. 700, Pt. A, §1 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1975, c. 642 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 700, §A1 (AMD).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
Chapter 5: COMMEMORATIVE DAYS AND WEEKS
1 §111. National Arbor Day (REPEALED)
1 §113. American History Month
1 §114. Armistice Day (REPEALED)
1 §115. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (REPEALED)
1 §118. Maine Cultural Heritage Week
1 §120. Saint Jean-Baptiste Day
1 §121. Maine Clean Water Week
1 §122. National Women's History Week (REPEALED)
1 §124. Maine Business Women's Week
1 §125. Alcohol Awareness Week
1 §127. Maine Merchant Marine Day
1 §129. Margaret Chase Smith Day
1 §131. Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
1 §133. Landowner Recognition Day
1 §135. Firefighter's Recognition Day
1 §136. Prisoner of War - Missing in Action Recognition Day
1 §137. Organ Donor Awareness Day
1 §138. Major-General Henry Knox Day
1 §140. Maine Youth Field and Stream Day
1 §141. Colonel Freeman McGilvery Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §142. Destroyer Escort Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §143. Maine Small Business Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §144. Veterans' Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 139)
1 §145. Equal Pay Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 140)
1 §147. Maine Aviation and Aerospace Education Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 146)
1 §149. Community Giving Week (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 148)
1 §150-A. Cold War Victory Day
1 §150-B. Missing Persons Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150)
1 §150-C. Native American Veterans Day
1 §150-E. Lyme Disease Awareness Month
1 §150-F. Governor William King Day
1 §150-G. Vietnam War Veterans Day
1 §150-H. Juneteenth Independence Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-F)
1 §150-I. Maine Korean War Veteran Recognition Day
1 §150-J. Invite Your Maine Legislator to School Month
1 §150-K. Maine Seniors Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-J)
1 §150-L. Native American Heritage and Culture Day
1 §150-M. Veterans in the Arts and Humanities Day
1 §150-N. Maine Community Litter Cleanup Day
1 §150-O. Maine Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
1 §150-P. First Responders Day (REALLOCATED FROM TITLE 1, SECTION 150-O)