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Monthly Archives: November 2019
ON THIS DAY: November 29, 2019
November 29th is Electronic Greetings Day National Square Dance Day National Lemon Cream Pie Day National Native American Heritage Day International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People * _______________________________________ MORE! Gertrude Jekyll, William Tubman and Afet İnan, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Afet İnan, Alfred Blalock, Essie Parrish, Gertrude Jekyll, Ludu Daw Amar, Spyridon Samaras, William Tubman
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Word Cloud: STORYTELLERS
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Friday after Thanksgiving has been designated as Native American Heritage Day by Congress, and signed into law by President George W. Bush, but to many Americans, it is ‘Black Friday’ the unofficial start to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anita Endrezze, Joseph Bruchac, Joy Harjo, Kimberly Blazer, National Native American Heritage Month, Native American Heritage Day, Sheridan MacKnight
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ON THIS DAY: November 28, 2019
November 28th is U.S. Thanksgiving Day French Toast Day Red Planet Day * Talking Leaves Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Mabel Alvarez, Berry Gordy and Gladys Kokorwe, click
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Tagged Berry Gordy, Dennis Brutus, Friedrich Engels, Gladys Kokorwe, Mabel Alvarez, Maria Farantouri, Naoko Yamada
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Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims
______________________________________________________ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual. – Henry David Thoreau ____________________________________________________ Thanksgiving – an American national holiday, where we celebrate the Pilgrims’ thanksgiving feast after the first harvest in their new … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Henry David Thoreau, Sarah Josepha Hale, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims, William H Seward
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ON THIS DAY: November 27, 2019
November 27th is American Statistics Day * Bavarian Cream Pie Day International C.A.R.E. Day * Pins and Needles Day * World Day of Giving * ____________________________________________ MORE! Fanny Kemble, Dadasaheb and Olive Shisana, click
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Tagged 'Dadasaheb' Ganesh Mavalankar, Alfred Nobel, Elsie Clews Parsons, Fanny Kemble, Fé del Mundo, Marcus Aurelius, Olive Shisana
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ON THIS DAY: November 26, 2019
November 26th is Cider Monday Cyber Monday National Cake Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ruth Patrick, Charles Schulz and Kara Walker, click
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Tagged Breyten Breytenbach, Charles Schulz, Kara Walker, Ruth Patrick, Sarah Moore Grimké, Xavier Cugat, Đặng Thùy Trâm
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ON THIS DAY: November 25, 2019
November 25th is Blasé Day World Hat Day National Parfait Day Play Day with Dads International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women * ________________________________________ MORE! Samiha Ayverdi, Talaat Harb and the Mirabal Sisters, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Carrie Nation, Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Samiha Ayverdi, Sybilla Thomas Masters, Talaat Harb, The Mirabal Sisters, Virgil Thomson
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TCS: A Hat of Wind – Poems for World Hat Day
. . Good Morning! __________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to … Continue reading
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ON THIS DAY: November 24, 2019
November 24th is Brownielocks Day Celebrate Your Unique Talent Day Horse Welfare Day * National Sardines Day _______________________________________ MORE! Esther Aplin, Scott Joplin and Parveen Shakir, click
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Tagged Bessie Blount Griffin, Charles Darwin, Esther Aplin, John Steinbeck, Mona Hanna-Attisha, Parveen Shakir, Scott Joplin
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