March 2024 observance calendar roundup

What days should you keep in mind for your government social media content calendar? Here’s a helpful roundup of some of the observed days happening in March 2024 you might want to consider building content for — or be mindful of — for your government social media accounts.

We put together a free, downloadable resource of observed days for all of 2024! Download our 2024 Observance Calendar Roundup to easily reference observances and fill in goals, accomplishments and ideas throughout the year. 

Please keep in mind that this is not meant to be a full list of observances and we encourage you to check with your state/county for any area-specific days or with your peers in our GSM Facebook Community Group or free GSM network. Other helpful resources for additional observances include List of National Days, National Today, Ready.Gov’s Preparedness Calendar, NWS Awareness and Preparedness Calendar, or the United Nations List of International Days and Weeks.

Observed in the month of March

• American Red Cross Month
• Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month
• Gender Equality Month
• Greek-American Heritage Month
• Irish-American Heritage Month
• Music in Our Schools Month
• National Multiple Sclerosis Education and Awareness Month
• National Reading Month
• Social Work Month
• Women’s History Month
• Youth Art Month

Weeks observed in March

• 1-7: National Invest in Veterans Week
• 2-5: International Women’s Week
• 3-9: National Consumer Protection Week
• 3-9: National School Social Work Week
• 3-9: Women in Construction Week
• 4-8: National School Breakfast Week
• 4-10: Women of Aviation Worldwide Week
• 10-16: AmeriCorps Week
• 10-16: National Groundwater Awareness Week
• 10-April 8: Ramadan
• 17-April 8: March Madness
• 17-23: National Poison Prevention Week
• 17-23: National Agriculture Week
• 17-23: Schools Library Media Center Week
• 20-April 14: Cherry Blossom Festival
• 24-30: Holy Week
• 24-30: National Tsunami Awareness Week
• 24-30: National Protocol Officers Week

Days observed in March

• 1-2: Global Day of Unplugging
• 1: National Employee Appreciation Day
• 1: Peace Corps Day
• 1: World Compliment Day
• 1: World Seagrass Day
• 1: Zero Discrimination Day
• 2: Iditarod Race
• 2: National Read Across America Day
• 2: World Teen Mental Wellness Day
• 3: Navy Reserve Birthday
• 3: World Hearing Day
• 3: World Wildlife Day
• 7: World Book Day
• 8: International Women’s Day
• 10: Daylight Savings
• 10: International Day of Women Judges
• 11: Commonwealth Day Canada
• 11: National COVID-19 Day
• 11: World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film
• 13: National Good Samaritan Day
• 13: National K9 Veterans Day
• 14: International Day of Action for Rivers
• 14: Pi Day
• 14: Science Education Day
• 15: International Day Against Police Brutality
• 15: International Day to Combat Islamophobia
• 16: Black Press Day
• 16: Freedom of Information Day
• 17: Evacuation Day
• 17: St. Patrick’s Day
• 18: Global Recycling Day
• 18: Transit Driver Appreciation Day
• 19: National Agriculture Day
• 19: Spring Equinox
• 20: Bibliomania Day
• 20: International Day of Happiness
• 20: National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
• 20: Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day
• 21: American Immigration Lawyers Association Day of Action
• 21: International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• 21: International Day of Forests
• 21: International Nowruz Day
• 21: National Renewable Energy Day
• 21: International Day of Forests
• 22: World Water Day
• 23-24: Purim
• 23: World Meteorological Day
• 24: National Women of Color in Tech Day
• 24: Palm Sunday
• 25: Holi
• 25: International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
• 27: Manatee Appreciation Day
• 29: Good Friday
• 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day
• 30: National Take a Walk in the Park Day
• 31: Easter
• 31: Transgender Day of Visibility

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