History of Halloween Celebration
Although Haloween may not be popular in our country, but almost everyone knows that...
History of Halloween Celebration
Although Haloween may not be popular in our country, but almost everyone knows that Halloween is a day where everyone (in America of course) dress up scary and decorate the house with various things spooky.
One thing that always met on this date is the Jack O’Lantern, a kind of decoration which was formed from the pumpkin, filled with candles or lights. Pumpkin was usually carved with a scary shape, so that when night fell, Jack O’Lantern is lit with the spooky.
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History Of Flag Day
History Of Flag Day – The Fourth of July was traditionally celebrated as America’s birthday, but the idea of an annual day specifically celebrating the Flag is believed to have first originated in 1885. BJ Cigrand, a schoolteacher, arranged for the pupils in the Fredonia, Wisconsin Public School, District 6, to observe June 14 (the 108th anniversary of the official adoption of The Stars and Stripes) as ‘Flag Birthday’. In numerous magazines and newspaper articles and public addresses over the following years, Cigrand continued to enthusiastically advocate the observance of June 14 as ‘Flag Birthday‘, or ‘Flag Day‘. On June 14, 1889, George Balch, a kindergarten teacher in New York City, planned appropriate ceremonies for the children of his school, and his idea of observing Flag Day was later adopted by the State Board of Education of New York. On June 14, 1891, the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia held a Flag Day celebration, and on June 14 of the following year, the New York Society of the Sons of the Revolution, celebrated Flag Day. Following the suggestion of Colonel J Granville Leach (at the time historian of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution), the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames of America on April 25, 1893 adopted a resolution requesting the mayor of Philadelphia and all others in authority and all private citizens to display the Flag on June 14th. Leach went on to recommend that thereafter the day be known as ‘Flag Day‘, and on that day, school children be assembled for appropriate exercises, with each child being given a small Flag.
Two weeks later on May 8th, the Board of Managers of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution unanimously endorsed the action of the Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Dames. As a result of the resolution, Dr. Edward Brooks, then Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia, directed that Flag Day exercises be held on June 14, 1893 in Independence Square. School children were assembled, each carrying a small Flag, and patriotic songs were sung and addresses delivered.
In 1894, the governor of New York directed that on June 14 the Flag be displayed on all public buildings. With BJ Cigrand and Leroy Van Horn as the moving spirits, the Illinois organization, known as the American Flag Day Association, was organized for the purpose of promoting the holding of Flag Day exercises. On June 14th, 1894, under the auspices of this association, the first general public school children’s celebration of Flag Day in Chicago was held in Douglas, Garfield, Humboldt, Lincoln, and Washington Parks, with more than 300,000 children participating.
Adults, too, participated in patriotic programs. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, delivered a 1914 Flag Day address in which he repeated words he said the flag had spoken to him that morning: “I am what you make me; nothing more. I swing before your eyes as a bright gleam of color, a symbol of yourself.”
Inspired by these three decades of state and local celebrations, Flag Day – the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777 – was officially established by the Proclamation of President Woodrow Wilson on May 30th, 1916. While Flag Day was celebrated in various communities for years after Wilson’s proclamation, it was not until August 3rd, 1949, that President Truman signed an Act of Congress designating June 14th of each year as National Flag Day.
Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari
Although not as popular as big companions like Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, but the figure could not be released as the most enterprising figures apply egalitarian principles, equality in terms of spending wealth in Allah’s way. Opposed all those who tend to cultivate the property to private interests, including his friends own.
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Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq
Abu Bakr was born in 573 AD from a respectable family in Mecca two years and one month after the birth of Prophet Muhammad SAW. Its original name Abdullah Ibn Abu Kuhafah, then he got a degree Ash Siddiq after converting to Islam. Since childhood, he was a famous personage honest, sincere, affectionate, and likes to do charity, so that the people of Mecca little respect for him. He always do our best to help the poor.
Abu Bakr was the friend who trusted and admired by the Prophet Muhammad. He is the youth who first received the call Apostle without much consideration. All his life were devoted to the sacred struggle to defend the apostle preaches. Rasul SAW very fond of her so often to replace the Apostle to the priest prays, he was appointed. When the Apostles fled to Medina, Abu Bakr came with it. Fuel ash proximity with the Prophet of Islam is like the Apostles in the struggle with his shadow.
History of International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol’ Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap’n Slappy), of Albany, Oregon,U.S., who proclaimed 19th September each year as the day when everyone in the world should talk like a pirate. For example, an observer of this holiday would greet friends not with “Hello,” but with “Ahoy, matey!” The holiday, and its observance, springs from a romanticized view of the Golden Age of Piracy.
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
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Sukarno, accompanied by Mohammad Hatta (right), proclaiming the independence of Indonesia.
The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence (Indonesian: Proklamasi Kemerdekaan Indonesia, or simply Proklamasi) was read at 10.00 a.m. on Friday, August 17, 1945. The declaration marked the start of the diplomatic and armed-resistance of the Indonesian National Revolution, fighting against the forces of the Netherlands until the latter officially acknowledged Indonesia’s independence in 1949. In 2005, the Netherlands declared that they had decided to accept 17 August 1945 as Indonesia’s independence date. Sukarno and Mohammad Hatta, who were appointed President and Vice-president, respectively, were the documents signatories.
History Of Flag Day
History Of Flag Day – The Fourth of July was traditionally...
Abu Dharr Al-Ghifari
Although not as popular as big companions like Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali, but...
Abu Bakar Ash-Shiddiq
Abu Bakr was born in 573 AD from a respectable family in Mecca two years and one month...
History of International Talk Like a Pirate Day
International Talk Like a Pirate Day (ITLAPD) is a parodic holiday created in 1995 by...
Proclamation of Indonesian Independence
[ad#info-link-tag-top] [ad#top-link] The Proclamation of Indonesian Independence...
