From 8-year old Hilda’s diary:
This is California’s birthday but we are not having a special birthday, just chicken fricassee as we always have on Sundays anyhow. California is 62 years old.
When I was growing up, California Admission Day was a school holiday in San Francisco. It was difficult to get into the daily routine of school because within days of the beginning of the academic year, we had two holidays — Labor Day and Admission Day.