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International Men's Day in

United States

In 2001 a number of organizations in The United States joined in celebrating IMD on 19 November.

In 2008, International Men’s Day was supported by the Malachi Global Foundation (MGF) in Michigan  and U.S. author and speaker on men's issues Diane A. Sears reminded that Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address on November 19, 1863 in which he called for the honoring and remembrance of the contributions of the men who sacrificed their lives during America’s Civil War. Sears proposed that U.S. citizens might continue the tradition of honouring males by the institution of International Men's Day which falls on the same date as President Lincoln's Address.

In 2009 Diane Sears became the U.S. coordinator for International Men's Day, promoting the event both nationally and abroad. In the same year and in 2010 International Men's Day was celebrated in nine States; Pennsylvania, Florida, California, Illinois, 
Virginia, New York, Iowa, Michigan and Hawaii.

In 2010 the Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Governor of Michigan, issued a proclamation designating 19 November as International Men’s Day in the State of Michigan. In New York a formal IMD Gala was celebrated at the Black Spectrum Theater hosted by Harold S. Reed Jr, which included an awards ceremony organized by attorney and speaker Cathleen Williams to celebrate positive male role models. In Illinois Roger C. Claar, Mayor of the Board of Trustees of the Village of Bolingbrook, Will and DuPage Counties, proclaimed November 19, 2010 as International Men's Day, and various community IMD observations took place in the City of Chicago.

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