đŞ Veterans Day

Veterans Day originated as &ldquo Armistice Day&rdquo on November 11 1919 the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Unlike Memorial Day Vete......More

Veterans Day originated as &ldquo Armistice Day&rdquo on November 11 1919 the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Unlike Memorial Day Veterans Day pays tribute to all American veterans&mdash living or dead&mdash but especially gives thanks to living veterans who served their country honorably during war or peacetime.Read the entire article.

𼧠Thanksgiving Day

Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family.Read the entire article.

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

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 nature. Read the entire article.

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

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 official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday's commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother's Day traditionally involves presenting moms with flowers, cards and other gifts.Read the entire article.

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

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 sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of Gen. John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former Union sailors and soldiers.Read the entire article.

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

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 the Emancipation Proclamation. Juneteenth honors the end to slavery in the United States and is considered the longest-running African American holiday. On June 17 2021 it officially became a federal holiday. Read the entire article.

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

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 United States. Father's Day 2022 will occur on Sunday June 19.Read the entire article.

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

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.Position of Earth in relation to the Sun during the June solstice.\xa9 timeanddate.comRead the entire article.

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

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 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. The written declaration stated that the American colonies were tired of being ruled by Great Britain. They wanted to become their own country. Read the entire National Geographic Kids article.