What Is Juneteenth?
Juneteenth is an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19,...
Read MoreJuneteenth is an annual observance on June 19 to remember when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas on June 19,...
Read MoreWhat Is the Pentecost and Why Is It Important to Christians Around the World? Pentecost is a Christian holy day commemorating the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the...
Read MoreWhere Were the First Olympic Games Held? The first Olympic Games were held in Greece, in a valley between the Rivers Cladeus and Alpheus. According to tradition they...
Read MoreWhen Was the First Grand National? The Grand National Steeplechase was founded in 1837 by William Lynn, a Liverpool innkeeper, proprietor of the Waterloo Hotel, on land...
Read MoreWhat Is a Red Letter Day? A red letter day has come to mean an important day when some noteworthy event or celebration is taking place. Originally the phrase came from...
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