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    Fun Facts and Trivia about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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    Test your knowledge of trivia about Martin Luther King, Jr. and the federal holiday named after him. These fun facts and trivia are great...

    Samuel Morse Demonstrates First Telegraph

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    Beginning his career as a painter and later becoming a founder of American nativism, he achieved enduring, worldwide renown with his invention of the...

    Nuclear Accident at Military Reactor SL-1

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    On January 3, 1961 a fatal nuclear reactor accident took place in Idaho. The reactor was an Army SL-1 model. The SL-1 designation stood...

    First Children’s Party at the White House

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    Celebrating his sixtieth birthday on December 29, 1868, President Johnson threw a dance celebration for a few hundred children. The adults present at this first...

    The National Christmas Tree in Washington, 1923-1954

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    The tradition of the national Christmas tree began in 1923 during the administration of Calvin Coolidge. He chose a fir from Vermont, his...

    Christmas Quotes by Our Presidents

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    In days past and as history was being made, our country’ Presidents stated things about Christmas that reflected what they felt was going on...

    The Origin of Christmas: Some Assembly Required

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    Before there was Christianity there still was “Christmas” it just wasn’t called that. People celebrated at the end of the year when time on...

    The History of the Christmas Tree

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    Long before the advent of Christianity, evergreen plants and trees had a special meaning for people during the winter. Just as it is customary...

    New Year’s Day 1929: Which Way the Future?

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    The huge crowd gathered in Times Square on December 31, 1928, did not know that the “New Era” of eternal good times, proclaimed by...

    The Evolution of Santa Claus

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    The night before Christmas, most children in the United States await the coming of Santa Claus and his toys. On Christmas morning, their faces...
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