Fraternal Day Rule.” Madison, Alabama held its first Fraternal Day Celebration on Sunday October 12, 2014 at the Hogan Family YMCA. Participating organizations included the North Alabama Veterans and Fraternal Organizations Coalition, Madison County District 2 of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Alabama, the United Way, and the Madison Chamber of Commerce. Fraternal Day Fraternal Day is a legal holiday in the state of Alabama in the United States. It is celebrated annually on the second Monday in October on the same day as Columbus Day and American Indian Heritage Day. Fraternal Day was originally celebrated in Alabama
Columbus Day as an official state holiday, though many mark it as a "Day of Observance" or "Recognition" and at least four do not recognize it at all. Most states that celebrate Columbus Day will close state services, while others operate as normal. San Francisco claims the nation's oldest continuously existing celebration with the Italian-American community's annual Columbus Day Parade, which was established by Nicola Larco in 1868, while New York City boasts the largest, with over 35,000 marchers and one million viewers. As in the mainland United States, Columbus Day is a legal holiday in the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico.