How I observe ethnic history months

There are some categories that I display on my blog's sidebar year-round. These include Jewish history, Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, British history, Canadian history, the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, the Cold War, and others. But there are some other categories that I only display during one month of the year, particularly if a month has been designated as a special period for the history of a particular ethnic group. (For example, Black History Month is in February.)

This is partly to show solidarity with these ethnic groups. But it is also partly to increase interest in my posts about these subjects. I don't always begin exactly on the first day of the month, but I always try to do so. Here are the particulars of the rotation:


January – Australian history (because of Australia Day), the Cold War (other) (for no particular reason)

February – Black history and African history (because of Black History Month)

March – ethnic history (for no particular reason), women's history (because of Women's History Month)

April – the Civil War (other) (because of the anniversaries of Fort Sumter and Appomattox), Muslim history (because of National Arab American Heritage Month)

May – Asian history and Asian American history (because of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month) – also Jewish American Heritage Month, but I display the Jewish history category year-round (as noted above)

June – World War II (other) (because of the anniversary of D-Day), British wars (for no particular reason)

July – the American Revolution (other) (because of the Fourth of July), the French Revolution (because of Bastille Day)

August – the Napoleonic Wars (because of Napoleon's birthday), the War of 1812 (which was part of these Napoleonic Wars)

September 15th through October 15th – Hispanic history and Latin American history (because of National Hispanic Heritage Month, the only ethnic history month that does not correspond to a calendar month)

November – Native American history (because of Native American Indian Heritage Month), World War I (because of the anniversary of the Armistice)

December – Middle Eastern history (for no particular reason), Christian history (because of the Christmas season)