Use this page to help build your social media Editorial Calendar. Under each month find specific topics and dates of important Reconstruction era events. The Network will post about many of these events on our social media, follow us @reconstructionnps, account so feel free to share our posts.
- January 1, 1863- Emancipation Day
- January 15- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 31, 1865- 13th Amendment Passed by House
- Black History Month
- February 3, 1870- 15th Amendment Ratified
- February 11- International Day of Women & Girls in Science
- February 14- Frederick Douglass's Birthday
- February 14, 1867- Augusta College (Morehouse College) founded
- February 16- National Innovation Day
- February 19- Presidents Day
- February 24, 1868- House of Representatives vote to impeach President Andrew Johnson
- February 25, 1870- First African American Member of Congress Sworn In
- February 28, 1871- Second Enforcement Act
- February 29- Digital Learning Day
- Women's History Month
- March 1, 1872- Yellowstone National Park Established
- March 1, 1875- Civil Rights Act of 1875
- March 2, 1867- Congress Passes the Peonage Act of 1867
- March 2, 1867- Howard University founded
- March 3, 1865- Freedmen's Bereau established
- March 5, 1877- Rutherford B. Hayes takes office as President
- March 8- International Women's Day
- March 9, 1862- Port Royal Experiment begins
- March 10- Harriet Tubman Day
- March 12, 2019- Reconstruction Era National Historic Network established
- March 21- World Poetry Day
- March 22- World Water Day
- National Deaf History Month
- National Internship Awareness Month
- Dates Vary- National Public Health Week
- Dates Vary- National Volunteer Week
- Dates Vary- National Park Week
- Dates Vary- National Junior Ranger Day
- Dates Vary- International Jazz Day
- April 2, 1866- President Andrew Johnson Declares the Civil War over
- April 6, 1866- General Army of the Republic is officially formed
- April 9, 1865- Surrender at Appomattox
- April 9, 1866- Civil Rights Act of 1866
- April 11,1865- President Lincoln's last public address
- April 12, 1861- Civil War begins
- April 13, 1873- The Colfax Massacre
- April 14, 1865- Assassination of President Lincoln
- April 14,1873- Slaughter-House Cases Voted On
- April 18- World Heritage Day
- April 20, 1871- Civil Rights Act of 1871
- April 22- Earth Day
- April 25, 1898- Willians v. Mississippi
- April 26- National Arbor Day
- National Preservation Month
- National Water Safety Month
- Dates Vary- Public Service Recognition Week
- Dates Vary- Teacher Appreciation Week
- Dates Vary- Memorial Day
- May 1, 1866- Memphis Massacre
- May 18, 1896- Plessy v. Ferguson
- May 18- Global Accessibility Awareness Day
- May 20- Armed Forces Day
- May 22, 1863- Bureau of Colored Troops is established
- May 26, 1868- U.S. Senate acquits President Johnson
- May 29, 1865- President Johnson gives 'Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction'
- May 30, 1868- Decoration Day
- May 31, 1870- Congress passes first Enforcement Act
- National African American Music Appreciation Month
- Pride Month
- Dates Vary- National Trails Day
- June 1, 1863- Combahee Raid
- June 5- World Environment Day
- June 13, 1868- Congress passes the 14th Amendment
- June 14- Flag Day, US Army Birthday
- June 19, 1865- Juneteenth
- June 30, 1872- Freedmen's Bureau is Disbanded
- July 1, 1870- President Grant establishes the Department of Justice
- July 4- Independence Day
- July 4, 1881- Tuskgee College Established
- July 8, 1876- Hamburg Massacre
- July 9, 1868- Adoption of the 14th Amendment
- July 15, 1870- Georgia, last state readmitted to Union
- July 18- World Listening Day
- July 18, 1863- Failed Attack on Fort Wagner
- July 28- Buffalo Soldiers Anniversary
- July 29, 1870- Allen University Established
- July 30, 1866- New Orleans Massacre
- July 31- World Ranger Day
- August 6, 1861- First Confiscation Act passed by Congress
- August 11, 1868- Death of Thaddeus Stevens
- August 12- International Youth Day
- August 25, 1916- National Park Service Birthday
- August 26- Women's Equality Day
- International Underground Railroad Month
- National Wilderness Month
- Dates Vary- Public Lands Day
- September 3- Anniversary of WIlderness Act
- September 8- International Literacy Day
- September 11- 9/11, Day of Service
- September 17- Constitution Day & Citizenship Day
- September 22, 1862- President Lincoln announces preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
- September 27- World Tourism Day
- National Arts and Humanities Month
- October 5- World Teacher Day
- October 10- World Mental Health Day
- October 13,1775- U.S. Navy Birthday
- October 13, 1871- President Grant recognizes Ku Klux Klan problem in speech
- October 15, 1966- National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
- October 16, 1859- John Brown Raid
- October 17- National Black Poetry Day
- National Literacy Month
- Dates Vary- American Education Week
- Dates Vary- Thanksgiving
- November 3, 1874- Eufaula Massacre
- November 7, 1861- Big Gun Shoot
- November 10- U.S. Marine Birthday
- November 19, 1863- Gettysburg Address
- November 25, 1867- Call for Impeachment of President Johnson
- December 3- International Day of Persons with Disabilities
- December 7, 1941- Pearl Harbor
- December 6, 1865- 13th Amendment ratified
- December 12, 1870- First Black Representative in House of Representatives takes office
- December 31, 1862- Watch Night
Last updated: May 1, 2024