Other Holidays
Epiphany |
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Valentine's Day |
February 14
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The first record we have of (NOTE: Chaucer is best read
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St. Valentine's Day
Let loose the sails of love and let them till Let loose the sails of love and let them take ~ from The Path to Home (1919) |
"I am grateful for my knowledge of eternity, because the measly fifty years my husband and I might spend together in this life just isn't enough. We want it to go on. When we put our arms around each other, it doesn't matter what is happening outside our garden. The earth could be shaking and falling down around it, but here inside, everything is all right. For us, that is a start on something we would like to build on forever." From "Trust That Deepens through the Years", The Ensign, March 1995, by Judy Abbott, reflecting on
@$@$@ Two beautiful links about Valentine's Day |
Valentine's Not a Day to Be Ignored - Jim Pettit, The Fayetteville Observer, Saturday, February 14, 2004 |
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Saturday morning: Today is Valentine's Day, a celebration both loved and loathed. Most women love it, but men often grumble that it is contrived and shamelessly commercial. How guys feel is unimportant. We just need to understand that a woman slighted on Valentine's Day does not forget. Ever. Any man who blows off Valentine's Day with his wife or other love interest is courting all right - courting disaster. Sheree Beck is working the last-minute rush today at Bob's Wine Shoppe, which she co-owns with Bob Accenturo. "Women started shopping about a week ago," she said, "but it is notorious that men will wait until Valentine's Day to shop." Champagne and other sparkling wines are always best sellers along with chocolate and balloons. "Valentine's Day is our third biggest day of the year," Beck said. New Year's and Christmas are the others. |
Italian wines
outdistance other import sales. French products plunged because of the
political tension over the war in Iraq and have not recovered. Beck said one surprise has been the customers' price range. "They're going with some of the high-end stuff this year, so the economy must be on the rise," she added. Some personal shopping tips: * Avoid buying a woman sexy lingerie. That's not really for her, but for the guy. And she knows it. Now if a woman buys sexy lingerie for the man - hey, hey, hey. * No appliances or labor-saving items unless accompanied by something that is personal - such as jewelry or a favorite perfume. * Never buy a guy a mushy card or any clothing with hearts on it. |
02/17/04 |
St. Patrick's Day |
March 17
If truth be known, all of my many Irish ancestors wore the orange of the northern Protestants and not the green of the Catholics, but on this one day of the year, everyone should at least pretend to be Irish and join in the fun.
March 17, 1983 |
March 17, 1985 | March 20, 1985 | March 7, 1992 | Friday, March 10, 1999 |
400 Elm Street Lewis, Carol, Nathaniel, |
Richmond, VA Nathaniel, Carol and Dale |
Richmond, VA |
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
"Then take the shamrock from your hat and cast it on the sod, ~ Dion Boucicault, "The Wearing of the Green ( adapted from the traditional Irish ballad), Stanza II |
The History of Saint Patrick's Day as told by The History Channel | |||
Friday, March 17, 1999 | Friday, March 17, 1999 | |||
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
~Irish Gold~
These look like heavy gold "coins".
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Ingredients:
Directions: |
ENJOY!
Thanks to
This St.
Patrick's Day Recipe http://thepartyworks.com/crafts/theme-crafts/irishgoldcoins.htm
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Movies to Watch
The Quiet Man (1952) ****
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) ***
www.marvelicious.com/stpatrick.html | .rosebriar.uk.com/holidays/stpatricks.html |
April Fool's Day |
April 1
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marvelicious.com/aprilfools.html | rosebriar.uk.com/holidays/aprilfool.html |
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May Day |
May First
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Mother's Day |
Second Sunday in May
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May 11, 1997
501 Hillsboro Street
Taylor Springs, IL 62089
Carol
"Her children arise up, and call her blessed; - Proverbs 31: 28 ~*~*~*~ "My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her." - George Washington (22 Feb 1732- 14 Dec 1799) (This quotation courtesy of MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE of the DAY from http://www.selfgrowth.com Saturday, May 10, 2003). ~*~*~*~
"A mother
is the truest friend we have,
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Washington Irving (This quotation courtesy of MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE of the DAY from http://www.selfgrowth.com Saturday, May 10, 2003). ~*~*~*~ "Everything I am or ever hope
to be, I owe - Abraham Lincoln (12 Feb 1809- 14 Apr 1865) ~*~*~*~
"Youth
fades; love droops,
(This quotation courtesy of ~*~*~*~ "Bring up
your children in light and truth." ~*~*~*~ "A mother that is successful in raising a good boy, or good girl, to imitate her example and to follow her precepts through life, sows the seeds of virtue, honor and integrity and of righteousness in their hearts that will be felt through all their career in life; and wherever that boy or girl goes, as a man or a woman, in whatever society they mingle, the good effects or the example of that mother upon them will be felt; and it will never die, because it will extend from them to their children from generation to generation." (13 Nov 1838 - 19 Nov 1918)
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THE READING
MOTHER "Whatever I may have accomplished in life,
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George Albert Smith ~*~*~*~
"The mother's image is the first that
stamps itself on the unwritten page of the young child's mind. It is her caress
that first awakens a sense of security, her kiss, the first realization of
affection, her sympathy and tenderness, the first assurance that there is love
in the world." Courtesy of my sixth son, Dale, on Mother's Day, 05/11/03 ~*~*~*~ "She who rears successfully a family of healthy, beautiful sons and daughters, whose influence will be felt through generations to come … deserves the highest honor that man can give, and the choicest blessings of God." -
David O. McKay, 1953 ~*~*~*~ The Watcher - Mother She always leaned to watch for us, And though we mocked her tenderly; Waiting till we come home to her, - Margaret Widdemer Courtesy of http://www.oreenscott.com/mothers_day_poems.htm ~*~*~*~ "A
mother's love is something -
Helen Steiner Rice |
<http://momsplace.www1.50megs.com/magiccut.html> | marvelicious.com/mothersday.html |
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Armed Forces Day |
Third Saturday in May
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Memorial Day |
Last Monday in May
This is always a day of quiet introspection for me. We generally begin the day by putting out all the flags, attending a local memorial service (where the playing of "Taps" and the firing of the twenty-one gun salute never fail to make me come unglued),
and returning home to watch old war movies on television.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, is a day of remembrance for those who have died in our nation's service. There are many stories as to its actual beginnings, with over two dozen cities and towns laying claim to being the birthplace of Memorial Day. There is also evidence that organized women's groups in the South were decorating graves before the end of the Civil War. A hymn published in 1867, "Kneel Where Our Loves are Sleeping" by Nella L. Sweet carried the dedication "To The Ladies of the South who are Decorating the Graves of the Confederate Dead" (Source: Duke University's Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920).
While President Lyndon B. Johnson officially declared Waterloo NY the birthplace of Memorial Day in May 1966, it's difficult to prove conclusively the origins of the day. It is more likely that it had many separate beginnings. Memorial Day was first officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. Its first observance was on 30 May 1868, when flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery. The South refused to acknowledge the day, honoring their dead on separate days until after World War I (when the holiday changed from honoring just those who died fighting in the Civil War to honoring Americans who died fighting in any war).
It is now celebrated in almost every state on the last Monday in May (passed by Congress in 1968 to ensure a three-day weekend for Federal holidays). Several southern states have an additional, separate day for honoring the Confederate war dead: January 19 in Texas, April 26 in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Mississippi; May 10 in South Carolina; and June 3 (Jefferson Davis' birthday) in Louisiana and Tennessee.
Recently, a "National Moment of Remembrance" resolution has been sponsored ("S. Con. Res. 100") by Senators Bob Kerrey (D., NB) and Chuck Hagel (R., NB). It was first initiated by No Greater Love in 1997, at 3 p.m. local time, for all Americans "to voluntarily and informally observe in their own way a Moment of remembrance and respect, pausing from whatever they are doing for a moment of silence or listening to 'Taps.'"
Sources and related links:
General Logan's General Order 11 [suvcw.org/logan.htm]
Historic American Sheet Music, 1850-1920 from Duke University). [memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ncdhtml/hasmhome.html]
And for the most beautiful links, see:
marvelicious.com/memorial.html | rosebriar.uk.com/holidays/memorialday.html |
bright.net/~jimsjems/memorial.html |
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D-Day |
June 6, 1944
This day has a particular and solemn observance in our home.
My father, Major Millard Robert Buckley, M.D. of Richmond, Virginia,
was the Regimental Surgeon for the 29th Division,
and as such participated in the first hour of D-Day on Omaha Beach in Normandy.
For his actions that day, he was awarded a Bronze Star.
Had he reported a fuller account of his activities, he would no doubt have received a Silver Star.
He was of the firm belief, however, that medals were for heroes, and the heroes were all dead.
He died suddenly, unexpectedly, and peacefully at home in Newport News, Virginia
of a massive coronary thrombosis on Monday, April 25, 1960 at the age of 52-1/2.
My mother always said he was killed in the war. It just took him 25 years to die.
This photograph represents a miraculous find I made on the Internet. The
man kneeling on the right, tending the wounded soldier on Omaha Beach, is
actually my father! My sister and I were able to recognize him by his cheeks, his stance, his hands, and his boots (which my fourth son, Joshua, still owns). |
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6 June 1944 | 18 Oct 1963 | |
FOR MY DADDY'S FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ACCOUNT OF THE D-DAY EXPERIENCE, CLICK HERE. |
umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/Dday/index.htm
Movies to Watch
1. D-Day, the Sixth of June (1956) **
2. The Longest Day (1962) ****
Save the best for last:
3. Saving Private Ryan (1998) ****
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Flag Day |
June 14
Father's Day |
Third Sunday in June
"Can you think of anything as magnificent
~ from Love at Home ~ Starring Father (1976) |
The Father of Girls When you’re the father of boys, Words and Music by Ervin M. Drake, 1967 |
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Sunday, June 20, 1982 | ||
"My father didn't tell me
how to live.
~ Clarence Buddington Kelland |
400 Elm Street Hillsboro, MO 63050 |
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Brent - age 10; Lewis - age 11; Nathaniel -
age 2; Paul - almost 39; Joshua - age 5; Randolph - age 8 |
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"A girl's father is the
first man in her life, ~ David Jeremiah |
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marvelicious.com/fathersday.html | Sunday, June 17, 1990 | |
501 Hillsboro Street Taylor Springs, IL 62089 |
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Brent - age 18; Paul - almost 47; Adrienne - almost 3; Randolph - age 16; Nathaniel - age 10;
Joshua - age 13; Dale - age 6; Lewis - age 19 |
The bottom photograph was taken on the morning of our most memorable Father's Day. It was actually the last one with all seven of our children at home; Lewis was married four-and-a-half months later. Our family was asked to give all the talks in church that morning. As a surprise gift to Paul, I arranged to have the children sing the interlude hymn, "Love Is Spoken Here" (words
to the right). It is a lovely song, sung first through in unison, then splitting into two-part counterpoint. They started off beautifully, with Lewis' rich baritone voice leading Brent and Randolph on one part, the three youngest boys on the other part, and Adrienne looking adorable,
As the song progressed, Lewis began to choke up. One by one, remarkably in descending age order, each boy followed suit (along with most of the congregation). If there was a dry eye left in the chapel, it surely fell victim as well, when at the song's end, sweet little Adrienne, as if on cue, leaned over and kissed Lewis gently on the cheek. It was a beautiful, spiritual moment ~ the best present we could have given their father. |
Love Is Spoken Here I see my mother kneeling with our family each day. I can often feel the Savior near Words and Music by Janice Kapp Perry, 1980 |
Independence Day |
July 4, 1776
Emeline Melissa Harty
b. 14 Oct 2001
From Billy Turner of TX – 06/26/03: The local paper asked me and the other Dallas area mayors to provide a short piece on what Independence Day means to me. The next day I e-mailed this to the reporter and she thought it was great. So often we do not take time to reflect on such things, much less to write it down so that it might be read by others. I readily admit that I became quite emotional thinking about my dad in this context. Hope you enjoy. June 24, 2003 Independence Day, the Fourth of July, means different things to different people. Hot Dogs and hamburgers, lemonade, watermelon, home-made ice cream, family and friends flood my memory bank. I also remember Old Glory, the Stars and Stripes and massive fireworks displays, not to mention the patriotic music that still sends chills down my spine. The Star Spangled Banner, America the Beautiful and the Battle Hymn of the Republic will stick with me for evermore; but most of all I remember my father, that proud man who served his country well as a U. S. Marine. Seriously wounded at Iwo Jima, he came home to live the “American Dream.” He married, bought a home, had a son and worked hard all his life to provide for his family. He never talked about the war or his wounds, but I found out after he died in 1990 that he left a big part of himself on that hell hole in the South Pacific. What does Independence Day mean to me? It means freedom, liberty, sacrifice and service. Thank you dad and for others like you who paid with their blood so that we can live free, independent yet inter-dependent lives in the good old U.S.A. Bill Turner - NNHS, Class of '65 Mayor, Ovilla, Texas |
4th of July 1967
A Soldier’s Story
It was July
4th, 1967. John Howard (NNHS class of '66) was 19 years old,
and his platoon (101st Air borne Division) were out on patrol in Viet Nam.
They had not had baths in months.
They found themselves in a little open area in the jungle,
surrounded by hills with a riverbed that was dry but still had a stream.
The walls around the riverbed were about 7 ft. tall and about 20 or 30 ft.
across.
In the middle there was a stream.
Not having had baths for months, it seemed safe enough to jump into the water,
which was not very deep.
Instead of setting up a perimeter like they should have,
the men began to throw off the equipment and clothes and get into the water.
Not long after, they began receiving enemy fire, pinning them down in this small
riverbed.
Humor prevailed even in a life threatening situation.
The sight of nude soldiers returning fire wearing only boots, steel "pots", a
nd ammo belts while trying to get clothes on at the same time was just too hilarious.
The hysterical image of a lot of bare rears in his face still makes John laugh.
They could not get out as they were pinned down and had to call in the Air Force
who dropped napalm on the enemy so the soldiers could clear out safely.
Miraculously, no one was injured.
It was the 4th of July and the napalm lit the sky up like fireworks.
The only thing missing were the hot dogs!
The humor seemed to outweigh the danger that day.
God was surely present...
- Cheryl Mays Howard (NNHS, Class of '66) of VA - 06/27/03
Thanks, Cheryl - and John!
The Infantryman
The average age of
the Infantryman is 19 years. (Let's not forget the young women who serve and protect out country, too.)(This selection courtesy of my
niece, Shari, of VA - 07/01/03 |
The Declaration of Independence The 4th of July
Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the
Declaration of Independence? unknown writer
(This selection courtesy of Cheryl
Mays Howard of VA
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* Have a picnic* Go see a municipal fireworks display* Be careful! |
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marvelicious.com/independence.html | |
rosebriar.uk.com/holidays/july4th.html | bright.net/~jimsjems/july4.html |
Labor Day |
First Monday in September
This is probably my least favorite holiday, as its arrival coincides with the end of the carefree days of summer,
Of course, the holiday involves much more than that. Celebrating the worth of the worker, it was first observed in New York City
For a history of Labor Day, see:
dol.gov/dol/opa/public/aboutdol/laborday.htm |
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Columbus Day |
Second Monday in October
usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/Columbus.html |
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Veterans Day |
November 11
A flower rests on the black granite
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002 in Washington.
The memorial continues events celebrating its 20th anniversary with the final
day of the reading of the 58,229 names,
all inscribed in black granite, of those killed or missing in the war from 1959
to 1975.
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Thanksgiving |
Last Thursday in November
For the TRUE version, see:
berkeleyplantation.com/ This is yet another YANKEE version, but it's simply too beautiful not to share: marvelicious.com/thanksgiving.html This link is written from the British perspective, so we may forgive her the YANKEE slant: |
"There is one day that is ours. ~ O'Henry (William Sydney Porter) |
Pearl Harbor Day |
December 7
"Yesterday, December 7, 1941 - a date which will live in
infamy - the United States of America was suddenly - President Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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http://www.umkc.edu/lib/spec-col/ww2/PearlHarbor/ph.htm | |
ccdemo.org/MtDiablo/PearlHarbor/PearlHarborDay.html |
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New Year's Eve |
December 31
Coming soon... | ||
Cape Girardeau (MO) Branch New Year's Eve Social December 31, 1974 |
Norfolk (VA) Stake New Year's Eve Dance December 31, 1977 |
Fayetteville (NC) Stake New Year's Eve Dance December 31, 2003 |
Cape Girardeau, MO | Norfolk, VA | Fayetteville, NC |
Paul and Carol | Paul, Carol, Miles and Eleanor | Paul, Carol, Miles and Eleanor |
"Of all sound of all bells ~ (bells, the music nighest bordering upon heaven) ~ most solemn and touching is the peal
~ Charles Lamb, "New Year's Eve" |
* Auld Lang Syne * Family and Friends * Hugs and Kisses* Games, Movies, and Dancing* NO ALCOHOL!* Have Fun, Stay Safe, Live to Greet Another Year!* 'Nuff Said |
"New Year"
The year is closed,
the record made, Robert
Browning
Courtesy of my Niece, Shari of VA - 01/01/04 |
marvelicious.com/newyear.html rosebriar.uk.com/holidays/newyear.html |
Lead, Kindly Light Lead, kindly Light, amid th' enclircling gloom; I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou So long thy pow'r hath blest me, sure it still ~ John Henry Newman |
Ring Out, Wild Bells Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, Ring out the old; ring in the new, Ring in the valiant men and free, ~ Alfred, Lord Tennyson |
Celebrate All Holidays! |
"...therefore choose life..."
~ Deuteronomy 30: 19The midi you are hearing is entitled, "Dirge for the Elves" by Janet Pack.
It was transcribed to midi format (without proper permission) by Dale Harty.
Happy Valentine
clip art courtesy of
http://www.horse-races.net/clip/clip-valclip.htm - 02/07/04
Valentine Line and Cupids clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pointe/8961/ValentinesDay.html - 02/06/04
Shamrock Line and Erin Go Braugh clip art courtesy of
http://www.horse-races.net/clip/clip-patclip.htm - 02/07/04
Mother's Day clip art courtesy of
http://www.horse-races.net/clip/clip-mdayclip.htm - 02/07/04
Doves and
Flowers clip art and Blue Flower divider line courtesy of
http://d21c.com/AnnesPlace/Wedding2.html - 02/06/04
Flag Day and Fourth of July clip art courtesy of
http://www.horse-races.net/clip/clip-memclip.htm - 02/07/04
Thanksgiving Banner and Leaves clip art courtesy of
http://www.horse-races.net/clip/clip-fallclip.htm - 02/07/04
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