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National Honesty Day – Observed on Apr 30
- Honesty Day is celebrated on April 30 in the United States to encourage honesty and straightforward communication in politics, relationships, consumer relations and historical education.
- It was invented by Hirsh Goldberg, who chose the last day of April for two reasons.
- First, since the first day of that month, which is April Fools’ Day, celebrates falsehoods.
- Second, it is the anniversary of the First inauguration of George Washington on April 30, 1789.
- Hirsh Goldberg, who was a former press secretary of Maryland and writer of many novels, created the holiday in the early 1990s while writing the first draft and researching for his book The Book of Lies: Fibs, Tales, Schemes, Scams, Fakes, and Frauds That Have Changed The Course of History and Affect Our Daily Lives.
- People can ask each other question and expect radically honest answers on Honesty Day, provided each of them are aware of the holiday.
- Honesty Day is a campaign for the prevention of political lies, and serves to increase awareness of the most deceitful lies in history such as the 1972 Richard Nixon Watergate Scandal, France’s Dreyfus Affair, and Bernard Madoff’s Ponzi Scheme.
- It is to urge politicians to stay away from lies and tell the truth.
- Every April 30th, Goldberg himself gives out honesty awards to companies, organizations, groups, and individuals that have remained truthful to their people.
