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History of Veterans Day

by Bill Petro on November 10, 2008 · 1 comment

in Secular

HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY
A professor once commented, “We write things down so we can forget them.” Now, of course this is wrong, except in the limited sense of writing down appointments so we don’t have to worry about missing meetings. But that’s just it, we do forget things. As individuals we forget things [...]

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History of May Day

by Bill Petro on April 30, 2008 · 0 comments

in Jewish

MAY DAY
May Day is many things to many people. Etymologically, it is a homophone for the international call for help. It is a corruption of the French imperative “M’aidez” meaning “Help me!” As a holiday it is claimed by many. It is known in the pagan world as Beltane, a fertility celebration, one of the [...]

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History of Christmas: the Year

by Bill Petro on November 28, 2007 · 0 comments

in Christmas

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THE YEAR
It’s obvious that Jesus was born on December 25, A.D. 1, right? Wrong. We do know that Herod the Great (who killed all the babies in Bethlehem younger than 2 years of age) died in the spring of 4 B.C., and the king was quite alive during the visit of the Wise Men (Magi) [...]

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History of Veterans Day

by Bill Petro on November 8, 2007 · 0 comments

in Holidays

HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY
A professor once commented, “We write things down so we can forget them.” Now, of course this is wrong, except in the limited sense of writing down appointments so we don’t have to worry about forgetting things. But that’s just it, we do forget things. As individuals we forget things that are [...]

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History of Guy Fawkes Day

by Bill Petro on November 5, 2007 · 1 comment

in History, Holidays

GUY FAWKES DAY
For our friends across the Pond
November 5th is known as “Bonfire Night” or “Guy Fawkes Night”, and all over Britain people fire off fireworks, light bonfires, and burn effigies of Guy Fawkes. Guido Fawkes was an Englishman who, in popular legend, tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament with barrels of gunpowder. [...]

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