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    Valentine's Day

    Valentine's Day
    Dates back to 496 A.D.
    The day of LOVE!
    Cards, ballons and flowers are ususaly exchanged!
  • Thanksgiving

    Thanksgiving
    Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.
    A day of Gratitude and thanks.
    The first Thanksgiving was celbrated by the Piligrims in 1621.
  • Independence Day

    Independence Day
    also referred to as Fourth of July or July Fourth in the U.S., is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, by the Continental Congress declaring that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as a new nation, the United States of America, and no longer part of the British Empire
  • Memorial Day

    Memorial Day
    Do you celebrate Memorial Day? In 1868, Commander in Chief John A. Logan of the grand Army of the Republic issued what was called General Order Number 11, designating May 30 as a memorial day. He declared it to be "for the purpose of strewing with flowers or otherwise decorating the graves of comrades who died in defense of their country during the late rebellion, and whose bodies now lie in almost every city, village, and hamlet churchyard in the land
  • President'sDay

    President'sDay
    Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government.
  • Veteran's Day

    Veteran's Day
    a public holiday held on the anniversary of the end of World War I to honor US veterans and victims of all wars
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day
    Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15