Today, July 14 is celebrated with reverential pomp in France, where it is formally known as La Fête Nationale.In the United States, its easier to just call it Bastille Day and use it t0 party between the Fourth of July and… Read More ›
Diversity 
Who are the many that have made US one.
Juneteenth: A Texan African-American Holiday Spreads Freely
It may be famous as a holiday established by the federal government to remember one man and one era, but well over a century before Martin Luther King Day was made official as a time to reflect on the strides… Read More ›
The US Holiday Celebrating a King, Started by Royal Family: Kamehameha Day
If you only had one day to visit Honolulu, Hawaii, you are hopefully there today or about to arrive. June 11 is one of those rare holidays in the American Pop Culture which manages to serve as both a solemn… Read More ›
Indy-Chinese New Year: Early Chinese-Americans & The Holiday, Hooiser Style
Seeing a dragon parade the streets of San Francisco or New York this time of year might not be shocking, being the symbol of Chinese New Year, which began several days ago, with festivities continuing for about two more weeks…. Read More ›
Mobile Mardi Gras: Alabama’s French Catholic Holiday First-in-the-Nation
There may not be a trace of French in the Deep South accent of Alabamians and New Orleans may seem to have the lock on Mardi Gras, but it all started as a Catholic holiday in the first French colonial… Read More ›
The Greek Epiphany Day…in Florida
Everyone in every State of the Union know the Big Dozen: New Year’s Valentine’s Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day, Father’s Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas. In between these primary holidays there still… Read More ›
Swedish Roots: Mamie Eisenhower’s Iowa-Sprung Ancestry
This article is the last in a series on First Ladies and ancestral identities. It began with Michelle Obama and has included Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Harding, Pat Nixon, Hillary Clinton and Edith Wilson. In 1953, when the White… Read More ›
A First Lady’s Princess Complex: Royalty, Racism & Edith Wilson’s Pocahontas Blood
This is the second to last article in a series on First Ladies’ ancestral identities. Previous articles on Michelle Obama, Jacqueline Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Harding, Pat Nixon, Hillary Clinton can be found by searching at right, in the categories… Read More ›
Pat Nixon: First-Generation German-American & Her Lincoln Assassination Link
There was irony to a small storyline running beneath the more important issues of the 1960 presidential race between Democratic candidate, U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican candidate, Vice President Richard Nixon, involving some half-truths and hidden facts about… Read More ›
McGuire or Maguire: Who Fathered Labor Day?
McGuire or Maguire? Peter or Matthew? New York or New Jersey? Could it be that even good old Labor Day, a time for parades and picnics was just an elaborate excuse for another good old struggle for power? Not working… Read More ›
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