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TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/24/21 – PARADE FLOAT DAY!

On February 24th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

People just walked down the middle of street before February 24, 1868, when someone in New Orleans had the brainstorm to build a rolling stage for the Mardi Gras Parade, making today NATIONAL PARADE FLOAT DAY! Leave it to New Orleans, our most colorful and imaginative city, […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/19/21 – TEMPORARY INSANITY DAY!

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Oh say can you see? As (temporarily) nuts as it may seem, this holiday is directly related to America’s national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner,” and to official corruption. Today is NATIONAL TEMPORARY INSANITY DAY! If you have to be insane, temporary is the way to go, especially […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/3/21 – NORMAN ROCKWELL DAY!

On February 3rd, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

He was in many ways the Voice of America, although few heard him speak. His paintings, however, were snapshots of our history, and so we celebrate NATIONAL NORMAN ROCKWELL DAY! Born February 3, 1894 in New York City, professional illustrator Norman Rockwell transcended the boundary between popular […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 2/1/21 – FREEDOM DAY!

On February 1st, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

It wasn’t enough to win the Civil War. It had to be written into the Constitution so that it could never happen again, no matter what. On this date in 1865, Abraham Lincoln signed the Thirteenth Amendment to The Constitution, making today NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY! The Civil […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/17/21 – BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAY!

On January 17th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

It really is all about the Benjamins today, or at least one of them on NATIONAL BENJAMIN FRANKLIN DAY! We know him, we love him, we learned all about him in school, and we covet his portrait on the hundred dollar bill. The oldest Founding Founder was the one with […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/14/21 – MARK ANTONY DAY!

On January 14th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

A bro looks after a bro’s old lady when he gets assassinated and deified, and when that lady is Cleopatra, then maybe a bro looks after a bro’s ex-old lady a little too carefully, making today NATIONAL MARK ANTONY DAY! Julius and Mark went way back, best […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 1/6/21 – NATIONAL BRAILLE DAY!

On January 6th, 2021 / National Days / Leave a comment

His blindness opened millions of eyes. As a brilliant student at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris, he invented a writing system that opened up the entire world of letters to the blind, and so we celebrate NATIONAL BRAILLE DAY! Louis Braille was born in the […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/5/20 – STORYTELLING DAY!

On October 5th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

Once upon a time there was a lonely little holiday, until one day it came upon a big sign on the side of the road saying, in big red letters; NATIONAL STORYTELLING DAY! Storytelling is the great oral tradition of every human society, dating back before alphabets. […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/4/20 – VODKA DAY!

On October 4th, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

Here’s a holiday to remember. Vaguely, anyway. NATIONAL VODKA DAY! What else says revelry like Pink Martinis? Well, plenty of things do, but this is Vodka Day after all. This clear liquid is the most versatile of whiskeys, so let’s mix up a Bloody Mary, Cosmopolitan, Screwdriver, […]

TODAY’S NATIONAL DAY, 10/3/20 – TECHIE DAY!

On October 3rd, 2020 / National Days / Leave a comment

You know them, you don’t especially love them, but you have to deal with them sooner or later, so we might as well celebrate their special day and get it over with. Yes, today is NATIONAL TECHIE DAY! They answer our anguished calls for tech support and […]

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