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SEPTEMBER 10 - GRANDPARENTS DAY The founder of National Grandparents Day is Marian H. McQuade, a simple housewife from Fayette County, in West Virginia. This holiday is celebrated every year on the first Sunday after the Labor Day. The main reason for establishing this unusual holiday was the cause of lonely elderly living in nursing homes. Another reason was the hope to persuade the grandchildren to appreciate the wisdom of their grandparents. Therefore, in 1978, President Jimmy Carter proclaimed Grandparents Day as a national holiday. Click to send this e-card
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SEPTEMBER 4 - LABOR DAY Celebrated on the first Monday in September, Labor Day is a holiday hold in honor of the worker. Therefore, it is also known as "workingman's holiday". The holiday is dedicated to people in respect and appreciation for their work in or outside of the home, union or non-union, big company, small companies, or government; better said for anyone who works in the society and for the society. As long as you work, this holiday is just for you and for the results of your work. The origins of the American Labor Day can be traced back to the Knights of Labor in the United States and a parade organized by them on September 5, 1882 in New York City. They were inspired by an annual labor day parade held in Toronto, Canada. In 1884 another parade was held, and the Knights passed resolutions to make this an annual event. Other labor organizations (and there were many), but notably the affiliates of the International Workingmen's Association favored a May
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SEPTEMBER 3 - SKYSCRAPERS DAY Skyscrapers day is the perfect time of the year to admire the world's tallest buildings and appreciate their special architecture. A new reason for a holiday . A skyscrap er is a ve ry tall, continuously habita ble building. Although there is no official definition, a height of approximately at least 150 metres or 500 feet is often used as a criterion for a building to qu alify as a skyscraper. Other criteria like shape and appearance also affect whether or not a building is considered a skyscraper. The word skyscraper was first applied to such buildings in the late 19th century, reflecting public amazement at the tall buildings being built in New York City. The structural definition of the word skyscraper was refined later by architectural historians, based on engineering developments of the 1880s that had enabled construction of tall multi-story buildings. This definition was based on the steel skeleton—as opposed to constructions of loa
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SEPTEMBER STRANGE HOLIDAYS September is Classical Music Month, Hispanic Heritage Month, Fall Hat Month, International Square Dancing Month, National Blueberry Popsicle Month, National Courtesy Month, National Piano Month, Chicken Month, Baby Safety Month, Little League Month, Honey Month, Self Improvement Month, and Better Breakfast Month. SEPTEMBER STRANGE HOLIDAYS are: September 1: Emma M. Nutt Day, a day celebrating the first woman telephone operator September 2: VJ Day - Surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri and National Beheading Day September 3: Skyscraper Day and Uncle Sam Day September 4: Newspaper Carrier Day, and Labor Day ( first Monday of month) September 5: Be Late for Something Day, Cheese Pizza Day September 6: Fight Procrastination Day, Read a Book Day September 7: Neither Rain nor Snow Day September 8: International Literacy Day, Pardon Day September 9: Teddy Bear Day September 10: Sewing Machine Day, Swap Ideas Day , Grandparent's Day September 11: Make Your
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AUGUST 22 - BE AN ANGEL DAY ******************************************************* Buy a baby gift ******** "Be an Angel Day", celelbrated on August 22 every year since 1993, is an event in honor of goodness. Everyone must be encouraged to live like an angel, to be a blessing for the others - doing just good deeds, helping people, being kind, and peaceful. Inspired by God, people can celebrate it on an individual basis by anonymously performing a small act of service. It can be celebrated with a group activity in holding a joyous angel party with a group meditation where participants invite the angels to inspire them with God thoughts on ways to be of service as a group in their community. Be an Angel Day is the best excuse to be an angel for your family: mommy's angel , auntie's angel or grandpa's little angel .Be an earth angel. The founder of this celebration is considered to be Jayne Howard Feldman.
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CRAFT IDEA CALENDAR PAGE FOR AUGUST 2006 More Calendar Pages At : About.com
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AUGUST 13TH - LEFT-HANDERS DAY Even if the world is built for right handers, August 13th is only fo lefties . Did you know that right handed people use their left side of the brain, while left handed people use the right side. And so, only left handed people are in their right mind. Folklore and Superstitions For thousands of years, the Devil has been associated with the left hand in various ways and is normally portrayed as being left-handed in pictures and other images. In the seventeenth century it was thought that the Devil baptised his followers with his left-hand and there are many references in superstitions to the "left-hand side" being associated with evil. As an example, in France it was held that witches greet Satan "avec le bras gauche" or with the left hand. It is also considered that we can only see ghosts if we look over our left shoulder and that the Devil watches us over the left shoulder. Evil spirits lurk over the left shoulder - throw salt over
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AUGUST 6 INTERNATIONAL FRIENDSHIP DAY "Make new friends, but keep the old.One is silver and the other gold.” Friendship Day occours on the first Sunday of August. Therefore , August 6, 2006 is the International Friendship Day , the best time of the year to recognise the true value of your friends and their contribution to your life. Friendship helps to bring peace in people's souls and positivity to the globe - everybody must celebrate this holiday with the greatest joy. "What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." "FRIEND" IN FOREIGN LANGUAGES Albanian -- mik ; Afrikaans - vriend; Chinese - péngyou; Dutch - vriend,vriendje; Danish - ven; Estonian - sõber; French - ami; German - freund; Georgian - megobari; Hungarian - barát; Indian - dostitalian - amico; Irish - cara; Japanese - tomodachi; Korean - jingu; Latin - amicus; Manx - carrey; Old English - freond, wine; Persian - dust; Russian - prijátel; Sanskrit - mitra; Spanish - amigo; Swahi