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History of Cinco de Mayo

by Bill Petro on May 5, 2012 · 0 comments

in History,Holidays,Humor,Secular

CINCO DE MAYO Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the United States 4th of July. This is incorrect. In actuality, it is the equivalent of the “5th of May” in the Spanish language. Another misconception is that this has something to do with Mayonnaise. That too is a bum spread, [...]

History of Fathers Day

by Bill Petro on June 19, 2009 · 0 comments

in US

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 [...]

History of Cinco de Mayo

by Bill Petro on May 5, 2009 · 0 comments

in History,Holidays,Humor,Secular

CINCO DE MAYO Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the United States 4th of July. This is incorrect. In actuality, it is the equivalent of the “5th of May” in the Spanish language. Another misconception is that this has something to do with Mayonnaise. That too is a bum spread, [...]

History of Fathers Day

by Bill Petro on June 11, 2008 · 0 comments

in US

.!. 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 [...]

History of Cinco de Mayo

by Bill Petro on May 3, 2008 · 0 comments

in History,Holidays,Humor,Secular

CINCO DE MAYO Cinco de Mayo is frequently regarded as the Mexican equivalent of the United States 4th of July. This is incorrect. In actuality, it is the equivalent of the “5th of May” in the Spanish language. Another misconception is that this has something to do with Mayonnaise. That too is a bum spread, [...]

History of Earth Day

by Bill Petro on April 22, 2008 · 0 comments

in History,Holidays,Humor,Science

EARTH DAY April 22 is called Earth Day because it both commemorates and celebrates the observance of the anniversary of our discovery of planet Earth. At this time, by all accounts, there is general agreement that Earth is far superior to the place from which we came, as we shall see below. Recently, however, there [...]

History of the Ides of March

by Bill Petro on March 14, 2008 · 0 comments

in Holidays

HISTORY OF THE IDES OF MARCH According to the ancient Roman calendar, the ides fell on the 13th of the month with the exception of the months March, May, July, and October, when it fell on the 15th. It was on March 15, 44 B.C. that the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was assassinated. Contrary to [...]

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