Marmot Day
marmot day alaskan holiday established celebrate marmot alaskan culture although local festival part parcel frontier life decade marmot day became official holiday april th alaska state legislature officially passed senate bill marmot day celebrated february replacing groundhog day holiday honoring alaska marmot juneau anchorage fairbanks city marmot day become alaskan institution senate bill sponsored sen linda menard rwasilla first introduced late dr curtis menard linda menards husband former state legislator concerned gradual decline alaska folk value dr menard proposed idea creating marmot day getting stuck committee controversial marmot day bill died legislature sen linda menard reintroduced bill th alaska legislature bill passed second last day legislative session sarah palin signed law senator menard said recognizing marmot state built tradition legacy built future generation become tradition eat french onion soup marmot day part alaska marmot day also name community celebration owosso michigan occurring july following monday th fall weekend celebration marmot include groundhog woodchuck ground squirrel marmot day first celebrated day celebrating marmot luncheon traditional part celebration marmot joke ginger snap shared among festivity typical party celebration recent year celebration held covenant eye global headquarters shiawassee county pm marmot positioned outside hole go hole legend summer go hole one month summer