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• MOVE IT OR LOSE IT: Annual Running Of The Bulls
• Posted by • 7/7/10

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• THREE CHEERS FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE
• Posted by • 7/2/10

Fireworks, watermelon, parades, sunburns and barbecues may be what your kiddos associate with the 4^th of July.   Indeed, it is America’s largest secular holiday, and a beloved day for those of us blessed to live in the United States.  The 4^th of July marks the day that members of the Second Continental Congress, during a meeting in...

• THANKS DAD: Celebrating Father's Day
• Posted by • 6/18/10

Father's Day was "invented" by Mrs. John Dodd in 1909 to honor her own father.  He had served in the Civil War and then raised his 6 children as a single dad, because her mother had died in childbirth.  However, it wasn't until 1972 that a Presidential Proclamation declared making Father's Day a recognized holiday.  We make Father's Day as special as Mother's Day in this...

• REMEMBERING THE FALLEN: Memorial Day History
• Posted by • 5/31/10

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The Memorial Day holiday is our nation's way of thanking those who gave their lives for the freedoms we enjoy as Americans.  The holiday was begun to commemorate those Union soldiers who died in the Civil War, and was called "Decoration Day."  Many in the South did not observe the holiday.  In 1882, the name of the holiday was changed to Memorial Day,...

• QUE DE MAYO?: Cinco de Mayo US Holiday
• Posted by • 5/5/10

The common myth about Cinco de Mayo is that it celebrates Mexican Independence Day- which is September 16th.  Untrue.  In fact, it is a regional holiday commemorating Mexico's win over the French at the Battle of Puebla.  In fact, the holiday is not celebrated in Mexico at all. Instead, gringos celebrate this "invented" holiday with all things Mexican (tequila) and a few...