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Monday, December 30, 2019

Congress Considers New Calendar, With Month Named Liberty, Dec. 30, 1919

From The Pinehurst Outlook, Dec. 31, 1919

The Liberty Calendar

A certain doctor claims our present calendar is a “ferocious mess” and he is exactly right. A more inconvenient arrangement could hardly be conceived. There is no regularity in its construction and its months are of several different lengths.

We absolutely must have a better method of “measuring time” and here it is.

The new Liberty Calendar will, when adopted by Congress, give us months of exactly four weeks each.

This is done in the following manner:

First, the New Year Day becomes an independent legal holiday. It is not included in any week or month.

Second, another independent legal holiday, called “Correction day,” is provided for leap years. It is not included in any week or month.

Third, the remaining 364 days are divided into 13 months of exactly four week each, every month commencing with Monday.

That’s all there is to it. Every month will be just like it for a million years.

Neither the number or length of our months is governed by the moon or any natural law, hence they can be changed as we see fit. The months in the new form are January, February, Liberty, March, etc.
The use of the word “Liberty” is especially fitting, and in more ways than one.

The advantages of this form cannot be overestimated. The saving of time and mental effort would be immense. All holidays and anniversaries would always fall on the same day of the week. A promissory note given for any number of weeks, months and years would always come due on the same day of the week it was given. The plan would also provide that Good Friday and Easter Sunday shall always be observed on certain fixed dates. This was contemplated when our present calendar was adopted.

This splendid simplified form has been approved by the highest authorities. It could be adopted to take effect on Sunday, the first day of the year 1922 and the change would cause scarcely any jar or friction whatever.

A bill has already been introduced in Congress.


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