Ascension of Baha'u'Llah Day 2024 is on Wednesday, May 29, 2024: Is there a double standard flying heritage flags?

Wednesday, May 29, 2024 is Ascension of Baha'u'Llah Day 2024.

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This is the United States of America, you can celebrate anything you want on any day you feel like as long as you don't violate anyone Else's human rights or break laws. Fly any flags you want, wave any banners, eat any food you like. The America that I know is all about tolerance and diversity, the land where all people have a voice, even if it is small and quiet one, they still have a voice.

Here are a few holidays celebrated in the United States as proof of diversity:

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January

1 - Emancipation Day (African-American, United States)

1 - Feast of St. Basil (Christian, Orthodox)

1 - Japanese New Year (Japan)

5 - Guru Gobind Singh's Birthday (Sikh)

6 - Epiphany (Christian)

6 - Three Kings' Day (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic)

7 - The Nativity of Jesus Christ (Christian, Orthodox)

13 - Lohri (Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh)

16 - Religious Freedom Day

17 - World Religion Day (Baha'i)

26 - India Republic Day

30 - Tu b'Shvat or Tu B'Shevat* (Jewish, Israel)

February

National Black History Month (United States)

2 - Imbolc (Wiccan)

4 - Rosa Parks Birth Anniversary

5 - Mexico - Constitution Day

11 - National Foundation Day (Japan)

12 - NAACP Founded

13-16 - Brazil, Carnival

14 - Chinese Lunar New Year (China, Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam)

14 - Race Relations Day

14 - Tet Nguyen Dan (Vietnam) "Year of the Buffalo"

16 - Mardi Gras (United States)

17 - Ash Wednesday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)

17 - League of United Latin Citizens (LULAC) Founded American

24 - Flag Day (Mexico)

28 - Purim (Jewish)

March

Greek-American Heritage Month

Irish-American Heritage Month

Spiritual Wellness Month

1 - St. David's Day (Welsh)

2 - Mothering Sunday (England)

5 - World Day of Prayer

17 - St. Patrick's Day (Ireland, United States)

21 - Naw Ruz (Baha'i, Persia)

25 - Feast of Annunciation (Christian)

28 - Palm Sunday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)

April

1 - Holy Thursday (Christian)

2 - Good Friday (Protestant, Roman Catholic)

4 - Easter (Protestant, Roman Catholic)

6 - National Tartan Day (Scottish-American)

6 - Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

8 - Passover* (Jewish)

8 - Vesak - Buddha's Birth (Buddhist)

14 - Sinhala and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka)

19 - Easter (Orthodox) or Pascha

23 - St. George's Day (English)

May

Asian Pacific American History Month

Jewish-American Heritage Month

1 - Beltane (Celtic)

1 - National Day of Prayer (United States)

2 - May Day Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

5 - Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)

9 - Victory Day (Russia)

13 - Ascension Day (Christian)

18 - Isreal's Independence Day (Yom Ha'Atzma'Ut)

18 - Shavuot* (Jewish)

19 - Malcolm X's birthday (African-American, United States)

21 - Yom Hashoah/Holocaust Memorial Day (Jewish)

23 - Declaration of the Bab (Baha'i)

25 - Corpus Christi (American, Roman Catholic)

29 - Ascension of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

June

6 - Corpus Christi (American, Roman Catholic)

16 - Martyrdom Day of Guru Arjan (Sikh)

19 - Juneteenth

27 - Martyrdome of Joseph and Hyrum Smith

July

1 - Canada Day (Canada)

4 - Fil-American Friendship Day (Phillippines, United States)

9 - Martyrdom of the Bab (Baha'i)

10 - Bon Festival/Feast of Lanterns (Japan)

20 - Tisha B'av* (Jewish)

24 - Pioneer Day (Mormon)

31 - Feast of St. Ignatius Loyola (Spain, Roman Catholic)

August

1 - Lammas and Lughnassad (Britain, Pagan, United States)

August 11-September 9 - Ramadan (Islamic, Muslim, Moslem)

14 - Pakistan's Independence Day

15 - India's Independence Day

15 - Liberation Day (Korea, South Korea)

September

Sept 15-Oct 15 - National Hispanic Heritage Month (Mexico)

1 - Israel Miraji Ascent of Prophet Muhammad

8 - Rosh Hashanah* (Jewish New Year)

10 - Eid-Al-Fitr (Islamic, Muslim)

16 - Mexico's Independence Day

16 - Lailat-Ul-Quadr (Islamic, Muslim)

17 - Yom Kippur* (Jewish)

19 - San Gennaro Day (Italian-American)

22 - Autumnal Equinox (Japan)

22 -Sukkot* (Jewish)

30 - Shemini Atzeret (Jewish)

October

German-American Heritage Month

National Italian-American Heritage Month

Polish-American Heritage Month

1 - Simchat Torah (Jewish)

10 - Cirio de Nazare (Brazil)

31 - Reformation Day (Christian)

November

National American Indian Heritage Month

1 - All Saints' Day (Christian, Roman Catholic)

1 - Dia de los Muertos "Day of the Dead" (Mexico, Latin America)

2 - All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic)

5 - Diwali (Buddhist, Hindu)

12 - Birthday of Baha'u'llah (Baha'i)

16 - Eid al-adha (Islamic, Muslim)

December 2010

6 - St. Nicholas Day (International)

8 - Bodhi Day - Buddha's Enlightenment (Buddhist)

1 - Hanukkah* (Jewish)

7 - Al Hijra - Muslim New Year

12 - Virgin of Guadalupe (Mexico)

13 - Santa Lucia Day (Sweden)

16 - Ashura (Islamic, Muslim)

16-25 - Las Posadas (Mexico)

25 - Christmas (Christian, Roman Catholic, International)

26 - Boxing Day (Canada, United Kingdom)

26 - Kwanzaa (African-American - Dec. 26, 2009 - Jan 1, 2010)

how many holidays are there in the world?

There are hundreds.... I was going to list them but it would take all night....here are a couple to get you started.......

* Naw Ruz (Bahá'í New Year)

* 1st Day of Ridván

* 9th Day of Ridvan

* 12th Day of Ridvan

* Declaration of the Báb

* Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh

* Martyrdom of the Báb

* Birth of the Báb

* Birth of Bahá'u'lláh

* Vesak

* Bon Festival (in Japan)

* Blessed Rainy Day in Bhutan

* Samhain (Celtic): 31 October-1 November, Celtic New Year, first day of winter

* Winternights (Norse): 29 October-2 November, Norse New Year

* Yule (Norse): 21 December-22 December, winter solstice, Celtic mid-winter

* Imbolc (Celtic): 1 February-2 February, Celtic first day of spring

* Ostara/Easter (Norse): 21 March-22 March, vernal equinox, Celtic mid-spring

* Beltane (Celtic): 30 April-1 May, Celtic first day of summer

* Litha (Norse): 21 June-22 June, summer solstice, Celtic mid-summer

* Lughnasadh (Celtic): 1 August-2 August, Celtic first day of autumn

* Mabon/Harvest End (Norse): 21 September-22 September, autumnal equinox, Celtic mid-fall

* Advent

* All Saints' Day

* All Souls' Day

* Ascension Thursday (Ascension of Jesus into Heaven)

* Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent)

* Assumption of Mary (Assumption of the Virgin Mary)

* Candlemas

* Childermas

* Christmas (Birth of Jesus)

* Corpus Christi (Sacrifice of Jesus)

* Easter (Resurrection of Jesus, end of Lent)

* Easter Triduum

o Holy Thursday (Celebration of The Last Supper)

o Good Friday (Death of Jesus)

o Holy Saturday

o Easter Vigil

* Easter Monday (Monday following Easter Sunday, not part of the Easter Triduum)

* Epiphany

* Lent (40 days of penance before Easter)

* Pentecost or Whitsun (Descent of the Holy Spirit upon the disciples of Jesus)

* Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras (last day of Carnival, last day before Ash Wednesday)

* Winter Lent

* Watch Night

* Akshaya Tritiya

* Baisakhi

* Dasara

* Diwali

o Diwali Amvasaya (Laxmi Puja)

o Diwali (day 2)

o Bhaubeej

* Durga Puja

* Ekadasi

* Ganesh Chaturthi

* Gokul Ashtami

* Gudhi Padwa

* Guru Purnima

* Holi

* Karthikai deepam

* Krishna Janmaashtami

* Mahashivratri

* Mahalakshmi vrata

* Makar Sankranti

* Navratri

* Onam

* Pongal

* Rama-Lilas

* Ram Navami

* Vaikunta Ekadasi

* Vijayadashami

* Ugadi

* Aashurah Muharram

* Eid: date determined by the lunar calendar and observation of the moon

o Eid ul-Fitr

o Eid ul-Adha

* Mawlid Al Rasul - Celebration of Prophet Muhammad's birth

* Nisfu Shaaban

* Nuzul Al Qur'an - First revelation of Holy Koran

* Ramadan-ul-Mubarik

* Isra' Mi'raj - Prophet Muhammad's ascension to heaven.

* Youm Arafat - Eve of Eid ul-Adha

* Hanukkah (also: Chanukah; the Festival of Lights)

* Passover

* Purim (Deliverance from Marcus Mit C)

* Rosh Hashanah (New Year)

* Shavuot (Festival of Weeks; Harvest Festival)

* Sukkot (The Feast of Tabernacles)

* Tisha B'Av

* Tu Bishvat (New year of the trees)

* Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

* Thanksgiving - (second Monday in October in Canada, fourth Thursday in November in USA) —

* Winter Solstice, Yule -

* Hanukkah -

* Christmas Day - (25 December) —

* Kwanzaa (USA) - (26 December - 1 January) —

* Boxing Day (26 December or 27 December) — non-Sunday after Christmas.

* St Stephen's Day or Second Day of Christmas (26 December) — Holiday observed in many European countries.

* Eid ul-Adha (31 December 2006 or 22 December 2007) —

* New Year's Day - (1 January) — Holiday observing the first day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. Preceded by New Year's Eve on 31 December, which is celebrated with festivities in anticipation of New Year's Day.

* A secular name for these holidays is a winter holiday.

* Valentine's Day (14 February)

* International Women's Day (8 March, particularly in Eastern European Countries)

* Hug a Cop Day (23rd June)

* Labour Day, Worker's Day or May Day (1 May in most countries. The United States and Canada both celebrate on the first Monday in September)

* Mother's Day (second Sunday in May in North America, fourth Sunday in Lent in UK)

* Father's Day (Various dates depending on celebrating country)

* Halloween (31 October)

* Astronomy Day (date varies depending on cycle of Moon)

* World Ocean Day (8 June)

* Canada Day (1 July) in Canada, celebration of the date of the Confederation of Canada. In effect Canada's political independence from the British Empire in 1867.

* Independence day (4 July in the United States; many other nations refer to the holiday celebrating their independence as Independence Day as well. )

* Lee-Jackson-King Day (20 January) Combined holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1984 to 2000

* Confederate Memorial Day Celebrated by the original Confederate States at various times during the year.

* Martin Luther King Day (third Monday in January in the United States)

* Groundhog Day (2 February in United States and Canada)

* Spring Holiday, a secular euphemism for Easter or Good Friday. Counterpart of "Winter holiday".

* Patriot's Day (third Monday in April in Massachusetts and Maine, United States)

* Queen's Day (30 April in the Netherlands)

* Labour Day (Many European and South American countries celebrate Labour Day on May 1)

* Hug a Cop Day (23 June International)

* Loyalty Day (1 May in the United States)

* Juneteenth (19 June) Official holiday in 14 states that commemorates the abolition of slavery in Texas (unofficial in 5 other US states)

* Victoria Day (Monday on or before May 24 in Canada, also in some parts of Scotland)

* Flag Day (14 June in the United States)

* Pioneer Day (24 July in Utah, United States)

* Labor Day (first Monday in September in the United States (federal holiday) and Canada)

* Grandparents Day (Sunday after September Labor Day - proclaimed in the United States by Jimmy Carter in 1978)

* Sweetest Day (third Saturday in October, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan in the United States)

* Mother-in-Law's Day (fourth Sunday in October, Germany)

* Saint Nicholas Day (05 December in the Netherlands, 06 December in Belgium)

* Boxing Day (26 December in the Commonwealth of Nations)

* Holidays originating in ancient Latvia

the first bahai in america?

The first American Bahai was: Thornton Chase

The first Bahai who came to Amrerica, sometime before Mr. Chase was in 1892: Ibrahim Khayru'llah

According to God Passes By:

It was on September 23, 1893, a little over a year after Bahá'u'lláh's ascension, that, in a paper written by Rev. Henry H. Jessup, D.D., Director of Presbyterian Missionary Operations in North Syria, and read by Rev. George A. Ford of Syria, at the World Parliament of Religions, held in Chicago, in connection with the Columbian Exposition, commemorating the four-hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America, it was announced that "a famous Persian Sage," "the Bábí Saint," had died recently in 'Akká, and that two years previous to His ascension "a Cambridge scholar" had visited Him, to whom He had expressed "sentiments so noble, so Christ-like" that the author of the paper, in his "closing words," wished to share them with his audience. Less than a year later, in February 1894, a Syrian doctor, named Ibrahim Khayru'llah, who, while residing in Cairo, had been converted by Haji Abdu'l-Karim-i-Tihrani to the Faith, had received a Tablet from Bahá'u'lláh, had communicated with 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and reached New York in December 1892, established his residence in Chicago, and began to teach actively and systematically the Cause he had espoused. Within the space of two years he had communicated his impressions to 'Abdu'l-Bahá, and reported on the remarkable success that had attended his efforts. In 1895 an opening was vouchsafed to him in Kenosha, which he continued to visit once a week, in the course of his teaching activities. By the following year the believers in these two cities, it was reported, were counted by hundreds. In 1897 he published his book, entitled the Babu'd-Din, and visited Kansas City, New York City, Ithaca and Philadelphia, where he was able to win for the Faith a considerable number of supporters. The stout-hearted Thornton Chase, surnamed Thabit (Steadfast) by 'Abdu'l-Bahá and designated by Him "the first American believer," who became a convert to the Faith in 1894, the immortal Louisa A. Moore, the mother teacher of the West, surnamed Liva (Banner) by 'Abdu'l-Bahá, Dr. Edward Getsinger, to whom she was later married, Howard MacNutt, Arthur P. Dodge, Isabella D. Brittingham, Lillian F. Kappes, Paul K. Dealy, Chester I. Thacher and Helen S. Goodall, whose names will ever remain associated with the first stirrings of the Faith of Bahá'u'lláh in the North American continent, stand out as the most prominent among those who, in those early years, awakened to the call of the New Day, and consecrated their lives to the service of the newly proclaimed Covenant.