Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day
The National Health Care for the Homeless Council and partner organizations promote Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day on or around December 21, the winter solstice, to remember people who died while experiencing homelessness.
Date and recurrence
On or around 21 December / the winter solstice
The date is source-dependent or variable. A target-year source is required before assigning it to a calendar.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is United States / organizer-led remembrance for people who died while experiencing homelessness. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
National Homeless Persons’ Remembrance Day
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.
- Remembrance Civic Context Care.
Sources
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council — Homeless Persons’ Memorial DayEstablished Organizer
- National Health Care for the Homeless Council — EventsEstablished Organizer
Frequently asked questions
When is Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day?
On or around 21 December / the winter solstice The stored recurrence guidance is: Resolve the target-year/local date from an authoritative source; stored evidence: On or around 21 December / the winter solstice.
Does Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day fall on the same date every year?
It is not safely predictable from a fixed rule; the target year needs a current source.
Is Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: United States / organizer-led remembrance for people who died while experiencing homelessness. 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 Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day?
The stored designation basis is: The National Health Care for the Homeless Council and partner organizations promote Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day on or around December 21, the winter solstice, to remember people who died while experiencing homelessness.. Supporting provenance includes National Health Care for the Homeless Council — Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day international or country-specific?
This authority record is country-scoped to United States. Its fuller verified scope is: United States / organizer-led remembrance for people who died while experiencing homelessness.
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 2026-09-08.