September 23, 2014 – NATIONAL GREAT AMERICAN POT PIE DAY – NATIONAL CHECKERS DAY AND DOGS IN POLITICS DAY – NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY – NATIONAL WOMAN ROAD WARRIER DAY

 

NATIONAL GREAT AMERICAN POT PIE DAY

 Each year on September 23, millions of people celebrate National Great American Pot Pie Day.

A baked savory pie, with both a bottom and a flaky top crust is served often to a hungry bunch.  Be it frozen store bought or home-made, it is sure to please those taste buds.  The filling of a pot pie varies from many different ingredients, some of which are; beef, chicken or turkey,  gravy, mixed vegetables, (potatoes, carrots, green beans and peas).  To celebrate National Great American Pot Pie Day, enjoy a delicious pot pie today!

National Great American Pot Pie Day History

National Great American Pot Pie Day, an “unofficial” national holiday, was created in 2002 by the pot pie and frozen food company Marie Callender’s.

NATIONAL CHECKERS DAY AND DOGS IN POLITICS DAY

 National Checkers Day which is also known as Dogs in Politics Day, is observed annually on September 23rd.

On September 23, 1952, Vice President candidate, Richard Nixon, gave a speech that was called the “Checkers Speech”.  He had been accused of improprieties relating to a fund established by his backers to reimburse him for his political expenses.  Wanting to defend himself as his place on the Republican ticket was in doubt, he flew to Los Angeles and delivered a half-hour television address.  It was in this speech that Nixon stated that regardless of what anyone said, he intended to keep one gift; a black-and-white dog that had been name Checkers by the Nixon children, thus giving the speech its popular name.

The “Checkers Speech” was seen, or heard, by about 60 million Americans, making it the largest television audience to that time and it led to an outpouring of public support.

With Checkers the dog in the speech,  the day also became known as Dogs in Politics Day.

NATIONAL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY 

Americans across the nation will celebrate National Voter Registration Day on the 4th Tuesday of September.  As a way to celebrate this day, there is a fifty state effort to register voters before the 2014 Election Day.

More than 300,000 Americans registered to vote in the inaugural National Voter Registration Day of 2012.

There are hundreds of local, state and national organizations that are the driving forces behind National Voter Registration Day and partner organizations will help to coordinate thousands of nationwide events to bring awareness to ballot initiatives, local elections and voter registration.