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It's Black History Month! Census has some numbers you can use to celebrate Black History -- this set is geared towards schools, but Census has data for EVERYONE about EVERYTHING!

African American (Black) History Month Fun Facts Discover more about this observance by downloading our new Black History handout for students. Then, view the teaching guide for activity ideas for all grades.

It’s not too late to submit your ideas for the 2030 Census!
For the first time ever, the Census Bureau is seeking your ideas for the planning and design of the decennial census.
Don't miss this opportunity to talk directly to your government!

It’s not too late to submit your ideas for the 2030 Census! In case you missed my blog post a few weeks ago, for the first time ever, the Census Bureau is seeking your ideas for the planning and design of the decennial census.

Today is National Aviation Day: August 19, 2022!
Happy Day for Crawford Municipal Airport in Smithville.

https://www.census.gov/newsroom/stories/aviation-day.html

National Aviation Day: August 19, 2022
August 19, 2022
Release Number CB22-SFS.111

From U.S. Code, Title 36. PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS, Section 118. National Aviation Day

From NASA’s Tips for Celebrating National Aviation Day:

“Ever since 1939, August 19 has been celebrated as National Aviation Day, the legacy of a presidential proclamation first made by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

“Selected because it was Orville Wright’s birthday, the decision to revel in all things aeronautical came at an exciting time in aviation history.
Aviation

“Just 36 years after the Wright Brothers flew the first heavier-than-air flying machine in 1903, aviation was a growing – if not thriving – industry in the United States and around the world.

“New world speed and distance records were being set, airlines that still exist today were being formed and, as World War II began, both Allied and Axis Powers sought new ways to beef up aviation’s role in warfare.

“By 1939, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (N.A.C.A.) – NASA’s organizational predecessor – was 24 years old and already well established with the nation’s premiere aviation research laboratory in Virginia, and a brand new center just approved to be built in California.

“Fundamental problems with flight were being solved on the drawing boards and in the wind tunnels of the N.A.C.A., enabling aircraft to fly faster, higher, farther and with more and more cargo and passengers.

“Today, with the N.A.C.A.’s research heritage still alive and well at NASA, it can be said that every U.S. aircraft and air traffic control tower in operation today uses some kind of NASA-developed technology.”