The first Friday of December of each year is set apart as Arbor Day and as a part of the observance of Arbor Day the officials, teachers, supervisors, principals and superintendents of the public schools are directed to observe the first Friday in December in each year as South Carolina Arbor Day with appropriate ceremonies, including the planting of trees on school property, and all civic, patriotic and fraternal organizations are requested to lend their assistance in the observance of such day in an appropriate manner.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 64-101; 1952 Code Section 64-101; 1942 Code Section 5387; 1940 (41) 1824.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 53 - Sundays, Holidays and Other Special Days
Section 53-3-20. Frances Willard Day.
Section 53-3-30. General Pulaski's Memorial Day.
Section 53-3-35. General Francis Marion Memorial Day.
Section 53-3-40. Mother's Day.
Section 53-3-45. Family Respect Day.
Section 53-3-50. Grandmother's Day.
Section 53-3-60. South Carolina Day.
Section 53-3-65. Spirit of '45 Day.
Section 53-3-75. Eartha Kitt Day.
Section 53-3-80. Martin Luther King Day.
Section 53-3-85. Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom Day.
Section 53-3-90. Family Week designated.
Section 53-3-100. Family Week: creation of committee to choose "South Carolina Family of the Year."
Section 53-3-105. Fibromyalgia Awareness Day.
Section 53-3-110. Garden Week designated.
Section 53-3-115. Golden-September Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Section 53-3-117. Water Safety Awareness Month.
Section 53-3-120. Purple Heart Day.
Section 53-3-125. Aynor Harvest Hoe-Down Festival Weekend.
Section 53-3-130. Golf week designated.
Section 53-3-140. "Carolina Day" declared.
Section 53-3-150. Patriot Day, Constitution Day, and Patriotism Week observations.
Section 53-3-160. September eleventh.
Section 53-3-165. POW/MIA Recognition Day.
Section 53-3-166. Bill of Rights Day.
Section 53-3-170. South Carolina State Guard Week.
Section 53-3-185. Vietnam Veterans Survivors' and Remembrance Day.
Section 53-3-195. Veterans' Spouses and Families Day.
Section 53-3-200. Italian American Heritage Month.
Section 53-3-205. Post-Traumatic Stress Injury Awareness Day.
Section 53-3-210. South Carolina Day of Service.
Section 53-3-215. South Carolina Native Plant Week.
Section 53-3-220. Fibroid Tumor Awareness Month.
Section 53-3-225. Barbers' Day.
Section 53-3-230. Penn Center Heritage Day.
Section 53-3-240. Dr. Ronald McNair Day.
Section 53-3-250. Atomic Veterans Day.
Section 53-3-260. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Day.