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Thursday December 25 All Day
đ Christmas Day
Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. For two millennia, people around the world have been observing it with traditions and practices that are both religious and secular in natur......More
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Sunday May 10 All Day
đŠ Motherâs Day
Mother's Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. In the United States, Mother's Day 2022 will occur on Sunday, May 8. The American incarnation of Mother's Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an officia......More
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Monday May 25 All Day
đŞ Memorial Day
Originally called Decoration Day, from the early tradition of decorating graves with flowers, wreaths and flags, Memorial Day is a day for remembrance of those who have died in service to our country. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868 to commemorate the sacri......More
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Friday June 19 All Day
đ˝ Juneteenth
Juneteenth (short for &ldquo June Nineteenth&rdquo ) marks the day when federal troops arrived Galveston Texas in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people be freed. The troops' arrival came a full two and a half years after the signing of th......More
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Sunday June 21 All Day
đ§â𦱠Father's Day
The nation's first Father's Day was celebrated on June 19 1910 in the state of Washington. However it was not until 1972&mdash 58 years after President Woodrow Wilson made Mother's Day official&mdash that the day honoring fathers became a nationwide holiday in the Unite......More
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Sunday June 21 All Day
đ đ đ Summer Solstice
June Solstice: Shortest and Longest Day of the YearBy Konstantin Bikos, Aparna Kher, and Graham JonesThere are two solstices every year: one in June and one in December. The June solstice marks the longest day north of the equator and the shortest day in the south.Posit......More
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Saturday July 4 All Day
đIndependence Day
đIndependence DayHear that marching band playing patriotic music? Smell those hot dogs cooking on the grill? See those fireworks exploding in the night sky? Then it must be Independence Day! Also called the Fourth of July, Independence Day marks the historic date in 177......More