National Adoption Day
National Adoption Day official coalition
Date and recurrence
Saturday before Thanksgiving / events on or around it; 21 November 2026
The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States — foster-care adoption awareness initiative. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
- Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
Sources
- National Adoption Day — official sitePrimary Organizer Current Observance
Frequently asked questions
When is National Adoption Day?
Saturday before Thanksgiving / events on or around it; 21 November 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: Saturday before Thanksgiving / events on or around it; 21 November 2026.
Does National Adoption Day fall on the same date every year?
No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.
Is National Adoption Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States — foster-care adoption awareness initiative. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes National Adoption Day?
The stored designation basis is: National Adoption Day official coalition. Supporting provenance includes National Adoption Day — official site. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is National Adoption Day international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: United States — foster-care adoption awareness initiative. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-06.
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