Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Holidays. Show all posts
Pope switches on world's largest electronic Christmas tree
The Pope goes hi-tech with tradition by switching on the 800 metre-tall tree using a tablet computer in the Vatican.
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Boasts New Balloons - More Than 50 Balloons Expected
NEW YORK (CNN) The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, as much a holiday tradition as turkey, football and dinner table debates, celebrates its 85th anniversary Thursday with a host of new floats.
Making its return after an 18-year absence will be Sonic the Hedgehog. He will join a 41-foot-tall Julius the monkey; an eagerly-anticipated newcomer, "B," a pointy-toothed, stitched-face creation from filmmaker Tim Burton; and the Aflac Duck Balloonicle -- a balloon on wheels. Rounding out the newbies are Gazer the Elf and Harold the Policeman.
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+Macy's Thanksgiving Parade Balloons Since 1927
11/11/11 Veterans Day
Today is Nov. 11, 2011, or 11/11/11, a turn of the calendar that won't come again for 100 years.
Veterans Day started on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Actually, the holiday was first called Armistice Day, declared to mark the end of World War I hostilities at 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918 .Congress gave it that name in 1926, though it didn’t become a national holiday for a dozen more years.
In 1954, the holiday became known as Veterans Day when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation making it so in order to honor veterans of all U.S. wars.
Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday in October in 1968 by Congress, but that was reversed in 1978 when it became obvious that Americans wanted the holiday celebrated Nov. 11.
Veterans Day is often confused with Memorial Day because they are similar in intent, but not identical. Memorial Day honors America’s war dead, while Veterans Day honors all American veterans, living and dead, and has a special emphasis on thanking living veterans for their service to the country.
Veterans Day started on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month.
Actually, the holiday was first called Armistice Day, declared to mark the end of World War I hostilities at 11 a.m., Nov. 11, 1918 .Congress gave it that name in 1926, though it didn’t become a national holiday for a dozen more years.
In 1954, the holiday became known as Veterans Day when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation making it so in order to honor veterans of all U.S. wars.
Veterans Day was moved to the fourth Monday in October in 1968 by Congress, but that was reversed in 1978 when it became obvious that Americans wanted the holiday celebrated Nov. 11.
Veterans Day is often confused with Memorial Day because they are similar in intent, but not identical. Memorial Day honors America’s war dead, while Veterans Day honors all American veterans, living and dead, and has a special emphasis on thanking living veterans for their service to the country.
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