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Hispanic Heritage Month 2012:
Sept. 15 - Oct. 15
In September 1968, Congress authorized President Lyndon B. Johnson to proclaim National Hispanic Heritage Week, which was observed during the week that included Sept. 15 and Sept. 16. The observance was expanded in 1988 by Congress to a monthlong c....
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Happy Thanksgiving Day
(Feliz Día de Acción de Gracias)
Thanksgiving Day, national holiday in the United States commemorating the Pilgrims' celebration of the harvest reaped by the Plymouth Colony in 1621, after a winter of great starvation and privation. The celebration was probably held in October. Th....
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HAPPY 4TH OF JULY
Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence ....
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Día de los Presidentes
Durante muchos años los estadounidenses celebramos el cumpleaños de dos de nuestros más famosos y queridos presidentes, George Washington y Abraham Lincoln. Ambos cumpleaños son en febrero. En 1968 el congreso pasó una ley que combina los dos días ....
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Labor Day Statement
...An American Catholic Tradition
Most Reverend William F. Murphy Bishop of Rockville Centre Chairman, Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
September 1, 2008
The late Msgr. George G. Higgins was a remarkable priest whose ....
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