Paper Bag Day

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Paper Bag Day in USA in 2026
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About Paper Bag Day

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Dates of Paper Bag Day
2027 USA Monday, July 12thPaper Bag Day
2026 USA Sunday, July 12thPaper Bag Day
2025 USA Saturday, July 12thPaper Bag Day
2024 USA Friday, July 12thPaper Bag Day
2023 USA Wednesday, July 12thPaper Bag Day
Summary
Find out the dates, history and traditions of Paper Bag Day

Paper Bag Day is observed on 12 July annually to recognise the importance of an invention of Paper Bag that we mostly take it for granted. In 1852, Francis Wolle, a schoolteacher, invented the first machine to mass-produce paper bags.

In 1871, Margaret E. Knight designed other machine producing flat-base paper bags, making her ‘the mother of the grocery bag’.

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