Chapter 2
Days of Special Observance

Index of Sections

§ 25-2-1. Rhode Island Independence Day.

§ 25-2-2. Artillery salute and display of flags on Independence Day.

§ 25-2-3. School observance of Rhode Island Independence Day.

§ 25-2-4. Narragansett Indian Day.

§ 25-2-5. Old Home Week designated.

§ 25-2-6. Town appropriations for Old Home Week.

§ 25-2-7. Veteran Firefighters’ Muster Day.

§ 25-2-8. Disabled American Veterans Day.

§ 25-2-9. VFW Loyalty Day.

§ 25-2-10. Italian-American Veterans Daisy Day.

§ 25-2-11. Founders Day of Italian-American War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Incorporated.

§ 25-2-12. National Police Memorial Day and National Police Week.

§ 25-2-13. White Cane Safety Day — Declaration of policy.

§ 25-2-14. White Cane Safety Day — Proclamation.

§ 25-2-15. General Casimir Pulaski Day.

§ 25-2-16. American History Month.

§ 25-2-17. Dauphine Day.

§ 25-2-18. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Proclamation — Observance.

§ 25-2-18.1. Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission.

§ 25-2-19. Rhode Island School Bus Safety Week.

§ 25-2-20. Viet Nam Veterans’ Day.

§ 25-2-21. Puerto Rican Recognition Week.

§ 25-2-22. Motorcycle Safety Awareness Week.

§ 25-2-23. Cape Verdian Recognition Week.

§ 25-2-24. Nurses’ Day.

§ 25-2-25. National Women’s History Week.

§ 25-2-26. Retired Teachers’ Day.

§ 25-2-27. Friendship Day.

§ 25-2-28. Lithuanian Independence Day.

§ 25-2-29. Saint Jean-Baptiste Day.

§ 25-2-30. Arbor Day.

§ 25-2-31. Workers’ Memorial Day.

§ 25-2-32. Destroyer Escort Day.

§ 25-2-33. Peter Francisco Day.

§ 25-2-34. Social Workers’ Day.

§ 25-2-35. POW-MIA’s Day.

§ 25-2-36. Rhode Island Speech-Language-Hearing Awareness Week.

§ 25-2-37. American Indian Heritage Day.

§ 25-2-38. Gaspee Days.

§ 25-2-39. Dr. George Washington Carver Recognition Day.

§ 25-2-40. Korean War Veterans Memorial Day.

§ 25-2-41. Neighbor Day — Observance.

§ 25-2-42. Rhode Island Hero’s Day.

§ 25-2-43. Combat Veterans’ Day.

§ 25-2-44. Cesar Chavez Day.

§ 25-2-45. Italian-American Heritage Month.

§ 25-2-46. Gold Star Family Day.

§ 25-2-46.1. Rhode Island Blue Star Parents Day.

§ 25-2-47. Lung Cancer Awareness Month.

§ 25-2-48. Firefighters’ and Police Officers’ Appreciation Day.

§ 25-2-49. Rhythm & Blues Heritage Month.

§ 25-2-50. Dominican Republic Independence Day.

§ 25-2-51. John Clarke Day.

§ 25-2-52. Rhode Island Seabees Day.

§ 25-2-53. Ben Mondor Day.

§ 25-2-54. Military nurses day.

§ 25-2-55. Amateur Radio Week.

§ 25-2-56. RI Patriot Guard Riders Day.

§ 25-2-57. Ataxia Awareness Day.

§ 25-2-58. “The Rhode Island Nine Beirut Marines” Observance Day.

§ 25-2-59. Historical Cemetery Restoration/Awareness Day.