With the Month of March coming to an end, it is important to recognize that Easter Sunday and St. Patrick’s Day are not the only holidays found during this month. During the final week of March, each day will give everyone the chance to have a little celebration, no matter what the day is honoring.

Monday, March 28, is set aside for two very important food items. This day is both “National Black Forest Cake Day” and “National Something On A Stick Day.”

Black Forest cake is a German cake allegedly named after the clothing traditionally worn by women living in the Black Forest region. The cake is even made to resemble the outfit, with the chocolate cake symbolizing the black dress, the white frosting symbolizing the blouse and the red cherries symbolizing the red pom-poms featured on the hat worn with the outfit.

The other holiday celebrated on this day, honors food often found on sticks, like corn dogs, kebabs and popsicles. The history of this day is unknown, but with the popularity of this kind of food, especially at state and county fairs, the fact that these foods are honored with a national holiday is not surprising.

March 29 also takes the time to honor a cake, but instead of the Black Forest cake, this day celebrates the Lemon Chiffon cake. This light and sweet cake is the perfect treat for ringing in the spring season and is a great use of fresh fruit.

This Tuesday will also take the chance to celebrate small business owners, with “National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day.” Small businesses are not only important for the economy, but they can also add something special to the community. Without the ambition and hard work of several shop owners, the United States would be a very different place.

During the middle of the week on Wednesday, March 30, the nation will have lot to celebrate, because seven national holidays are being celebrated on this day. Some of these holidays include, “National Little Red Wagon Day,” “National Doctors Day,” “National Pencil Day” and “Manatee Appreciation Day.” Both “Manatee Appreciation Day” and “National Little Red Wagon Day” are celebrated on the last Wednesday in March.

“National Pencil Day” is celebrated on March 30, because on this day in 1858, inventor Hymen Lipman made the first patent for a pencil with an eraser attached on the end.

The first celebration of “National Doctors Day” was in 1933, but it took until 1991 for the event to be considered an official national holiday. It was declared an official holiday in a proclamation by President George Bush. The red carnation is usually used as the symbolic flower on this holiday.

“Manatee Appreciation Day” is celebrated at the end of the month to help raise awareness of the gentle and endangered creatures. Although the hunting of manatees is illegal, they often find themselves fatally injured by boat propellers or become the victims of poachers after their hide or meat.

The final day of March takes the time to celebrate “National Tater Day”, “National Bunsen Burner Day” and “National Clams On A Half Shell Day.”

“National Tater Day” is celebrated to recognize potatoes and all the different ways you can prepare them.

“National Bunsen Burner Day” is celebrated in tribute to the birthday of German chemist Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, who created the piece of laboratory equipment that is still used to this day.

Even though the end of March means leaving these fun and unique holidays behind us, the beginning of April gives us the chance to celebrate new things, starting with “April Fool’s Day.”