August has 31 days and is the 8th month of the year.

August was named in honor of Augustus, known as Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus. (Octavian)

August’s flower is the gladiolus or poppy.
August’s birthstone is the peridot, sardonyx, or sapphire.

Presidents born in August:

Benjamin Harrison on the 20th August, 1833
Herbert Hoover on the 10th August, 1874
Lyndon B. Johnson on the 27th August, 1908
Bill Clinton on the 19th August, 1946

Monthly Observances:

National Picnic Month
National Parks Month
National Back To School Month
National Immunization Awareness Month
National Inventors Month
National Water Quality Month
National Catfish Month
American Artist Appreciation Month

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