National Missouri Day
National Missouri Day:
Celebrated on third Wednesday of October, every year.The day is credited to Missouri State.
| Year | Date | Day | Where |
| 2023 | 18th October | Wednesday | United States |
| 2023 | 16th October | Wednesday | United States |
| 2025 | 15th October | Wednesday | United States |
Twitter Hashtags:
#NationalMissouriDay
#MissouriDay
Related: Other National Days Celebrated on October:
Pro-Life Day of Silent Solidarity
Why Missouri Day?
The day is a national observance to celebrate one of the wonderful state of the United States, Missouri.Missouri ranks 18 in terms of the population comprising of around six million people.It encompasses some famous cities like Springfield,Columbia, Kansas City,St.Louis etc with Jefferson City as the Capital.
Missouri includes a forest highland named Ozarks,from which timber,minerals are being produced.perhaps,it is one of the important tourist spot in Missouri contributing a lump sum revenue to the state.
How we can Celebrate National Missouri Day:
Use #MissouriDay to post about Missouri’s art,culture,food cuisines,hidden treasures,vacation spots,history etc.Do visit the state and enjoy the natural beauty of the statee if you are non-missourian,If you are a Missourian,then explore more about your state and express it to others using this hash tag #NationalMissouriDay on the social media.
Interesting Facts About National Missouri Day:
The nicknames of Missouri are Show Me State, Cave State, The Lead State, The Bullion State , The Iron Mountain State,The Pennsylvania of the West and Mother of the West in which “Show Me State” is a widely recognized nickname.In addition,it is also called as “The Cave State” since it consists of more than 6000 identified caves.
Missouri does not titled with any official motto, nevertheless, the unofficial motto is ” Let the good of the people be the supreme law” that is Incorporated in the license plates.
The mostly spoken language by missouri residents are English with around 93.9 percent followed by Spanish 2.6 percent and German 0.4 percent.
Famous personalities like Harry S. Truman, Walt Disney are Missourians.
It is believed that mankind started living here for around 12000 years.Perhaps,cities were built during the Mississippian culture era which was roughly during 14th century.Europeans settled here during the 17th century.
Lake of the Ozarks, Branson , Table Rock Lake etc are some of the most sought destination spots.
The name “Missouri” is named after the River Missouri that was actually named after the Native Missouri Indians.
It is assumed that the term Missouri was derived from the language Siouan.The word “Missouri” means “It connects to the side of it,” in Siouan language.
The best places to visit in Missouri are Lake of the Ozarks,Joplin, St.Louis,Brandon,Columbia, Hannibal,Hermann,Kansas City, Springfield,Carthage, Grants Farm,Independence,Jefferson City,Elephant Rocks State Park,Ha Ha Tonka State Park,Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park,Lee’s Summit etc.
Some of the world-famous largest companies like Cerner, Express Scripts, Emerson Electric, Edward Jones, Wells Fargo Advisors, Monsanto, H&R Block, and O’Reilly Auto Parts have their branches at Missouri.
Missouri is completely locked by land having bordered by eight states equaling the Tennessee state,Apart from these two states, no other state is bordered by 8 different states.
The climate condition is the humid continental climate.The temperature differs from warm to hot during summer ,cold in winter times and precipitation occurs throughout.
Missouri has the two largest rivers Mississippi and Missouri.It connects the two largest cities Kansas City and St. Louis.
History of National Missouri Day:
A school teacher named Anna Lee Brosius Korn composed Missouri’s former state song.she also initiated that a whole day is needed to recognize Missouri and it’s people. Therefore,this day is created and becomes a national observance.
Within our research, some celebrate this day on January month.however,we could not reveal more in this regard.
