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Children’s Day
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Children’s Day is a commemorative date celebrated annually in honor of
children, whose date of observance varies by country. In 1925,
International Children’s Day was first proclaimed in Geneva during the
World Conference on Child Welfare. Since 1950, it is celebrated on June 1 in
most communist and post-Communist countries. World Children’s Day is
celebrated on 20th of November to commemorate the Declaration of the
Rights of the Child by the UN General Assembly on 20 November 1959.

Origins

Children’s Day began on the second Sunday of June in 1857 by Reverend

Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in
Chelsea, Massachusetts: Leonard held a special service dedicated to, and for
the children. Leonard named the day Rose Day, though it was later named
Flower Sunday, and then named Children’s Day.

Children’s Day was first officially declared a national holiday by the

Republic of Turkey in 1920 with the set date of 23 April. Children’s Day has
been celebrated nationally since 1920 with the government and the
newspapers of the time declaring it a day for the children.

Global Adoption

International Children’s Day was the first proclaimed in Geneva during the
World Conference on Child Welfare in 1925. On 4 November 1949, 1 June
was established as the International Day for Protection of Children by the
Women’s International Democratic Federation in Moscow. Since 1950, 1
June is celebrated as Children’s Day in many Communist and Post-
Communist countries

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