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Gentle Readers,
There’s something new!
The history of the History of the Holidays goes back to 1984 when I began writing articles on the history behind popular secular and sacred holidays, and sending them out via email.
In 1995 I began archiving them on a web page, and then subsequently on a page on my own domain at www.billpetro.com. [...]
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JUNETEENTH
June Nineteenth, or Juneteenth, marks the celebration of the emancipation of African-American slaves in 1865. While the annual celebration started in Texas in 1866 — and became an official Texas state holiday there in 1980 — this formerly obscure holiday it is now observed across the United States, and around the world, and is an [...]
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HISTORY OF FATHERS DAY
The celebration of Father’s Day goes back all the way to the beginning, actually to the Garden of Eden when Abel gave his father Adam a razor while his brother Cain gave his father a snake-skin tie. This was the beginning of Cain’s downward slide.
Scholars have debated for ages why Mother’s Day [...]
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