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Friendly Village Edition Volume 14 Issue 8 ● August 2019

August in Other Languages

 Chinese (Mandarin) - bayuè
 Danish - august
 French - août
 Italian - agosto
About the Month of August  Latin - Augustus
August is the 8th month of the year and has  Spanish - agosto

31 days.
Season (Northern Hemisphere): Summer
Historical Names:
Roman: Sextilis/Augustus
Holidays Saxon: Weodmontha (Weed

Friendship Day month)
Raksha Bandhan Germanic: Ernte-mond (Harvest
Women's Equality Day month)
National Catfish Month
Harvest Month
National Water Quality Month
Peach Month Fun Facts about August

National Immunization Awareness Month 

Get Ready for Kindergarten Month It is the last of the summer months.

History: August in the Northern Hemisphere

In the original Roman calendar the month is similar to February in the
Southern Hemisphere.

of August was called Sextilis. This was

because it was the sixth month of the year.

Later, after January and February were Augustus renamed the month of

added to the calendar, it became the eighth Sextilis because many of his

month of the year. At the time the month greatest triumphs occurred during

had 29 days. When Julius Caesar created this month.

the Julian calendar in 45 BC, two days

were added giving the month 31 days. The August is a month of summer

month was later renamed Augustus in vacation and holiday for

many children around the
honor of the first emperor of Rome,
Caesar Augustus. world.

Many cultures call this month the
Symbols of August harvest month or the time of
 Birthstone: Agate or onyx Harvest
.
 Flower: Gladiolus or poppy

 Zodiac signs: Leo and Virgo