September Facts
September is the ___ month of the year.
What is the ninth?
This popular fall drink is often flavored with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
Pumpkin spice latte
Labor Day is celebrated in the U.S. on the first Monday of this month.
September
Students commonly return to school during this month.
September
This country celebrates its Independence Day on September 16.
Mexico
This is the birthstone associated with September.
What is sapphire?
These orange vegetables are commonly carved into jack-o'-lanterns.
Pumpkins
This famous American document was signed in 1787, though not in September.
The U.S. Constitution
The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox is traditionally called this.
The Harvest Moon
Mexico's Independence Day commemorates the beginning of its independence movement from this country.
Spain
September has this many days.
What is 30?
During fall, many trees lose these colorful parts.
Leaves
What famous American inventor demonstrated the first successful practical telephone in 1876?
Alexander Graham Bell.
This U.S. holiday gives many workers a three-day weekend at the beginning of September.
Labor Day
This country celebrates its national day on September 23.
Saudi Arabia
September's birth flower is commonly identified as this purple flower.
What is the aster?
This holiday occurs in the United States on the fourth Thursday of November, following September and October.
What is Thanksgiving?
Which state was the first to ratify the U.S. Constitution?
Delaware
September is sometimes associated with this school-supply item because of back-to-school season.
A notebook
September is the beginning of spring in this hemisphere.
The Southern Hemisphere
In the Northern Hemisphere, September marks the transition from summer to this season.
What is autumn/fall?
The autumnal equinox usually occurs around this date in September.
What is September 22?
Which U.S. state became the 36th state on September 9, 1850?
California
How many days are in September?
30
The autumnal equinox marks approximately equal amounts of daylight and darkness.
An equinox