Groundhog Day - USA (Feb 2)
Guam Discovery day - Guam (Mar 4)
Greek Independence day - Greece (Mar 25)
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Groundhog Day - USA (Feb 2)
Guam Discovery day - Guam (Mar 4)
Greek Independence day - Greece (Mar 25)
Hannuka (sp?)
Independence Day (any country)
Had a hard time finding a "J", but I learned about a new holiday!
Juneteenth:
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. Dating back to 1865, it was on
June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas
with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a
half years after President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation - which had become official January 1,
1863. The Emancipation Proclamation had little impact on the Texans due to the minimal number of
Union troops to enforce the new Executive order. However, with the surrender of General Lee in April of
1865, and the arrival of General Granger’s regiment, the forces were finally strong enough to influence
and overcome the resistance.
Later attempts to explain this two and a half year delay in the receipt of this important news have
yielded several versions that have been handed down through the years. Often told is the story of a
messenger who was murdered on his way to Texas with the news of freedom. Another, is that the
news was deliberately withheld by the enslavers to maintain the labor force on the plantations. And
still another, is that federal troops actually waited for the slave owners to reap the benefits of one last
cotton harvest before going to Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation. All or none of them
could be true. For whatever the reason, conditions in Texas remained status quo well beyond what
was statutory.
Does this count for K, L & M??
Martin Luther King Day
I couldn't think of a "K" holiday ... so I asked my son, Dylan. He immediately replied ....
Kwanza!
Smart kid!!!! :D
Labor Day
Leap Day
Lohri
Loy Krathong
Google is a wonderful thing!
New Year's Day
we missed "M"
Memorial day
so on to "O"
Oktoberfest
Pussy cat day
(For those of you who do not know when this day is, it happens 365 times a year, 366 in a leap year)
;) :p :confused: :eek: :D
Oh, well.....maybe someone has a REAL answer
Passover
I searched all over for a "Q" - no luck
Ramadan
St. Patrick's Day (and what ever other saint you can think of day)
Thanksgiving day !!
United Nations Day
Veterans' Day
Wahington's birthday
boo hoo..... nobody liked my Pussy cat day joke...:(
I liked you pussy cat joke, jen, don't be sad!
We didn't miss "M" ... it was Martin Luther King Day ... it was just out of order.
I think it has become my official job to say, "I really don't think there is an "X", people." ;)
Yom Kippur
Yom Yerushalayim
Yom HaAtzmaut
Yom Hazikaron
Yom HaShoah
Jen, you are so bad....you could have said poochie day too! :p~~~
I couldn't find any "X" holidays, so on to "Y"
Yom Kippur
Yule
No Z Holidays So I am going to go with "A" Cat Breeds.
"A" - Abyssinian
NOW you are TALKING!!!!
Balinese
Bengal
Birman
Bombay
Brazilian Shorthair
British Shorthair
Burmese
Balinese
Bobcat
Burman (or something like that)
oops, too late
chartreux
cymric
Domestic Shorthair
Can't think of any others.:confused: :( If it were dogs......:D
exotic shorthair
european shorthair
egyptian mau
Egyptian Mau
European Burmese
Exotic Shorthair
(P.S. Devon Rex is an extra credit for Ds ;),:p)
Hee, hee, hee Didn't we just do this in reverse?
Flamepoint shorthair (yes, this is borderline cheating, but I can't find a true breed in Fs...)
No clue on cats....I'll check back next round.
:o me, too! :oQuote:
Originally posted by mugsy
No clue on cats....I'll check back next round.
"G"
Grey European
Somehow I never think of cats as having "breeds" ... maybe because I'm a dog person. I always just think of cats as being either "long haired" or "short haired". :D
German Rex
Oops, I should have posted "H", not "G" again!
Havana Brown (UK)
Himalayan
No 'I's found.
Javanese
Japanese Bobtail
err...Korat! (blue korat!!)
no "L" breeds....(I have a book)
so how about Lynx point
ah, ah...there is, LaPerm!
Maine Coon...of course.
Manx :D
norwegian forest cat
Ooooh!
Ocicat & Oriental
O'Whew! :o :p
persian
"Quiet Ones"... :D Ahh, no "Qs!"
*Ragdoll
*Russian Blue