Kansas Day

{{Short description|Anniversary of admittance to the Union, January 29}}

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|date = January 29

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|significance = Admission of Kansas into the Union

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Kansas Day is a holiday in the state of Kansas in the United States. It is celebrated annually on January 29 to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1861 admission to the Union. It was first celebrated in 1877 by schoolchildren in Paola.{{cite web |url=http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-day/16773 |title=Kansas Day – Kansapedia |publisher=Kansas Historical Society |access-date=January 18, 2015}}

Annual Kansas Day celebrations include school field trips and special projects to study the history of Kansas, pioneer-style meals, special visits by students to the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka, Kansas, performances of Home on the Range, the Kansas State Song,{{cite web|title=Kansas Day – Kansapedia|url=http://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/kansas-day/16773|website=Kansapedia|publisher=Kansas Historical Society|access-date=January 18, 2015}} and special proclamations by the Governor of Kansas and members of the Kansas Legislature.{{cite web|title=Journal of the Senate of the State of Kansas|url=http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/chamber/documents/permanent_journal_senate_2012.pdf|website=KSLegislature.org|publisher=Kansas Senate|access-date=January 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150119030859/http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2012/b2011_12/chamber/documents/permanent_journal_senate_2012.pdf|archive-date=January 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}

The Sunflower Showdown basketball game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats is occasionally played on or around Kansas Day to celebrate the state's history.