diff --git a/apps/apps.go b/apps/apps.go
index 4738f9343..4e9ae5570 100644
--- a/apps/apps.go
+++ b/apps/apps.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/golfhandicap"
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/manifest"
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/mbta"
+	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/nationaltoday"
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/nightscout"
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/noaabuoy"
 	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/nyancat"
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ func GetManifests() []manifest.Manifest {
 		googletraffic.New(),
 		golfhandicap.New(),
 		mbta.New(),
+		nationaltoday.New(),
 		nightscout.New(),
 		noaabuoy.New(),
 		nyancat.New(),
diff --git a/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.go b/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bde503003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Package nationaltoday provides details for the NationalToday applet.
+package nationaltoday
+
+import (
+	_ "embed"
+
+	"tidbyt.dev/community/apps/manifest"
+)
+
+//go:embed nationaltoday.star
+var source []byte
+
+// New creates a new instance of the NationalToday applet.
+func New() manifest.Manifest {
+	return manifest.Manifest{
+		ID:          "nationaltoday",
+		Name:        "NationalToday",
+		Author:      "rs7q5 (RIS)",
+		Summary:     "Get NationalToday holidays",
+		Desc:        "Displays today's holidays from NationalToday.",
+		FileName:    "nationaltoday.star",
+		PackageName: "nationaltoday",
+		Source:  source,
+	}
+}
diff --git a/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.star b/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.star
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f821e4e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/nationaltoday/nationaltoday.star
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+"""
+Applet: National Today
+Summary: Get National Today holidays
+Description: Displays today's holidays from National Today.
+Author: rs7q5 (RIS)
+"""
+
+#nationalToday.star
+#Created 20220130 RIS
+#Last Modified 20220201 RIS
+
+load("render.star", "render")
+load("http.star", "http")
+load("encoding/base64.star", "base64")
+load("encoding/json.star", "json")
+load("cache.star", "cache")
+
+#load("schema.star","schema")
+load("math.star", "math")
+
+#load("time.star","time")
+load("re.star", "re")
+
+base_URL = "https://nationaltoday.com/what-is-today/"
+
+def main():
+    font = "tb-8"  #set font
+
+    #check for cached data
+    holidays_cached = cache.get("holiday_rate")
+    if holidays_cached != None:  #if any are None then all(title_cached)==False
+        print("Hit! Displaying cached data.")
+
+        holiday_txt = json.decode(holidays_cached)
+        holiday_fmt = format_text(holiday_txt, font)
+    else:
+        print("Miss! Calling NationalToday data.")  #error code checked within each function!!!!
+
+        #get the data
+        rep = http.get(base_URL)
+        if rep.status_code != 200:
+            holidays_list = re.findall('holiday-title">(.*?)<', rep.body())  #finds the holiday titles for the current day
+
+            #get the date text too
+            date = re.findall('meta name="description" content=(.*?)-', rep.body())[0]  #(.*?)/>',rep.body())
+            date = re.sub('meta name="description" content="| -', "", date)
+
+            #parse through and set up text for each holiday
+            holiday_txt = []
+            for i, holiday in enumerate(holidays_list):
+                holiday_txt.append(re.sub('holiday-title">|<', "", holiday))
+
+            if holiday_txt == []:
+                holiday_txt = ["No holidays today :("]
+
+            #shorten month name and add text to holidays
+            date_split = date.split(" ")
+            if date_split[0] in ("June", "July", "September"):
+                date_split[0] = date_split[0][:4]
+            else:
+                date_split[0] = date_split[0][:3]
+
+            holiday_txt.insert(0, " ".join(date_split))
+        else:
+            holiday_txt = ["Error", "Could not get holidays!!!!"]
+
+        #cache the data
+        cache.set("holiday_rate", json.encode(holiday_txt), ttl_seconds = 1800)  # cache for 30 min
+        holiday_fmt = format_text(holiday_txt, font)
+
+    return render.Root(
+        delay = 100,  #speed up scroll text
+        child = render.Column(
+            children = [
+                render.Row(
+                    children = [
+                        render.Text("National", color = "#0ac6e9", font = "tb-8"),
+                        render.Text("Today", color = "#c9232f", font = "tb-8"),
+                    ],
+                ),
+                holiday_fmt[0],  #display's the date
+                render.Marquee(
+                    height = 32,
+                    scroll_direction = "vertical",
+                    child = render.Column(
+                        main_align = "space_between",
+                        children = holiday_fmt[1:],
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ],
+        ),
+    )
+
+def format_text(x, font):
+    #formats color and font of text
+    text_vec = [render.Text(x[0], color = "#ff8c00", font = "tom-thumb")]
+    for i, holiday in enumerate(x[1:]):
+        if i % 2 == 0:
+            ctmp = "#c8c8fa"
+        else:
+            ctmp = "#fff"
+        text_vec.append(render.WrappedText(holiday, font = font, color = ctmp, linespacing = -1))
+    return (text_vec)
+
+######################################################
+#functions
+def http_check(URL):
+    rep = http.get(URL)
+    if rep.status_code != 200:
+        fail("ESPN request failed with status %d", rep.status_code)
+    return rep
+
+def pad_text(text):
+    #format strings so they are all the same length (leads to better scrolling)
+    if type(text) == "dict":
+        max_len = max([len(x) for x in text.values()])  #length of each string
+
+        #add padding to shorter titles
+        for key, val in text.items():
+            text_new = val + " " * (max_len - len(val))
+            text[key] = text_new
+    else:
+        max_len = max([len(x) for x in text])  #length of each string
+
+        #add padding to shorter titles
+        for i, x in enumerate(text):
+            text[i] = x + " " * (max_len - len(x))
+    return text
+
+######################################################