February Fun Facts
This month is the only one that can have fewer than 30 days.
What is February?
Black History Month is celebrated in February in this country.
What is the U.S?
MLK Day honors this civil rights leader.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
This holiday on February 14 celebrates love.
What is Valentine’s Day?
This holiday is celebrated on January 1, 2026, to mark the start of the new year.
What is New Year’s Day?
In leap years, February has this many days.
What is 29?
This was the original length of Negro History Week.
What is one week?
MLK Day is celebrated on this day of the week.
What is Monday?
This holiday celebrates friendship and kindness, often with cards and candy.
What is Valentine’s Day? (Accept Galentine’s Day if discussed)
This holiday in July 2026 celebrates the independence of the United States.
What is Independence Day?
This popular holiday in February celebrates love and friendship.
What is Valentines Day?
This historian founded Negro History Week, which later became Black History Month.
Who is Carter G. Woodson?
This famous speech was delivered by Dr. King in 1963.
What is the “I Have a Dream” speech?
This February holiday celebrates the achievements of African Americans.
What is Black History Month?
This spring holiday in April 2026 is often associated with egg hunts and baskets.
What is Easter?
February’s birth flowers are the violet and this other flower.
What is the primrose?
These two leaders’ birthdays helped inspire Black History Month being in February.
Who are Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass?
MLK Day is known as a “day of” this, encouraging people to help others.
What is service?
This holiday honors past U.S. presidents and occurs in February.
What is Presidents’ Day?
This November 2026 holiday is celebrated with food, family, and gratitude.
What is Thanksgiving?
This month is dedicated not only to love, but history as well.
What is Black History Month?
This is the main purpose of Black History Month.
What is honoring and celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black Americans?
Dr. King worked to achieve equality using this method.
What is nonviolent protest?
This winter holiday honors the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
What is MLK Day?
This December 2026 holiday is celebrated by many people around the world and often includes gift-giving.
What is Christmas?