National Day of the Cowboy 2024 - 20 Year Anniversary

Today, 27 July 2024, marks the 20th anniversary of the annual National Day of the Cowboy. While many Americans think of Cowboys as what they see on television, or even maybe the hit series 'Yellowstone', nothing the film media can produce does justice to the hard working men and women who raise, protect, produce and live to work with livestock and in the best of times, do it horseback.

Cowboys and Cowgirls are much more than that trading an easier life with chances of financial security for the hard work and freedom of doing hard work over long hours. Its about getting the job done and doing it right even when no one is watching. A good snapshot into Cowboying and the work ethic they live, albeit not much on horseback, is the way these men and women risked their lives to protect cattle, other livestock and facilities in the threat of the Texas Panhandle fires. Western Horseman Magazine lines out one such example in the July 2024 issue in the article 'From the Flames' with the Abraham family and the Mendota Ranch during the Smokehouse Creek Fire.

Go to their website for more information on The National Day of the Cowboy. This organization works hard to keep the Cowboy spirit alive and in the hearts of Americans, including working with State Legislatures to adopt 27 July as the National Day and partnering with the famed Henry Repeating Rifles to produce commemorative edition rifles for fund raising.