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Statehouse Rally
MarchAgainstMonsantoProvidence@gmail.com
May 25th 2-4 at State House for GMO's
Blackstone Valley Visitors Center
175 Main Street
Pawtucket
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Celebrate our Independence
Nonviolence Block Party Every Year for KIP at Woodlawn Comm Center/Pyne Park area
2013 Rally4Recovery RI
The National Hub Event is in RI !!
Saturday Sept 21
Great sponsorship opportunities
www.rally4recovery.com
The 15th Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival presents the "Slater Park Fall Festival" which is a weekend that celebrates the beauty of the park and art - and includes activities at
the Daggett Farm, Looff Carousel, the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and the historic Daggett House.
Over 125 arts & craft vendors are showcased in this juried festival that also features an‘open air market’ of food trucks, farmers market, craft, exhibitions, music and activities with a special performance by the Rhode Island Philharmonic "Pops in the Park" on Sunday at 5:30pm.
This "pet friendly" festival has something for everyone - including the Slater Park (Pawtucket) Dog Park! For more information and a complete list of activities and times, please visit: www.pawtucketartsfestival.org or call 401-724-2200.
The 15th Annual Pawtucket Arts Festival presents the "Slater Park Fall Festival" which is a weekend that celebrates the beauty of the park and art - and includes activities at
the Daggett Farm, Looff Carousel, the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and the historic Daggett House.
Over 125 arts & craft vendors are showcased in this juried festival that also features an‘open air market’ of food trucks, farmers market, craft, exhibitions, music and activities with a special performance by the Rhode Island Philharmonic "Pops in the Park" on Sunday at 5:30pm.
This "pet friendly" festival has something for everyone - including the Slater Park (Pawtucket) Dog Park! For more information and a complete list of activities and times, please visit: www.pawtucketartsfestival.org or call 401-724-2200.
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Flames of Hope by Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation in Downtown Providence with resouirces and activities for all ages.
Details tba or check website or HEROes
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Daylight Saving Time (DST) this year in USA & Canada? ... US Daylight Saving ... 2013, 10 March 2013, 3 November 2013.
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The idea of honoring US soldiers in November reaches back to World War 1, though we didn't call it Veterans Day back then.
American troops made significant headway in 1918, rebuffing a German offensive along the western front and moving Allied forces deeper into enemy territory. By November, Germany had enough. It agreed to a cease-fire, signing the official armistice at 5 a.m. on November 11. The treaty took effect six hours later. On the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month," as the saying goes, the world knew peace once again.
The "War to End All Wars" had ended. For the next 36 years, America remembered November 11 as Armistice Day.
However, as we all know, war broke out again in 1939. A new generation of Americans risked their lives in World War II and the Korean War. By 1954, the name Armistice Day didn't sound right anymore. The scope felt too narrow. So Congress swapped out "Armistice" in favor of a word that could honor all of America's veterans, and Veterans Day was born.
But remember Armistice Day this year. Why? For the first time, this holiday has landed on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – of the eleventh year. That's right, 11-11-11.
TO ALL OUR VETERANS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
Veterans Day gives Americans the opportunity to celebrate the bravery and sacrifice of all U.S. veterans. However, most Americans confuse this holiday with Memorial Day, reports the Department of Veterans Affairs. What's more, some Americans don't know why we commemorate our Veterans on Nov.11. It's imperative that all Americans know the history of Veterans Day so that we can honor our former servicemembers properly.
A Brief History of Veterans Day
Veterans Day, formerly known as Armistice Day, was originally set as a U.S. legal holiday to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918. In legislature that was passed in 1938, November 11 was "dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as 'Armistice Day.'" As such, this new legal holiday honored World War I veterans.
In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress -- at the urging of the veterans service organizations -- amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word "Armistice" and inserting the word "Veterans." With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, Nov. 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.
In 1968, the Uniforms Holiday Bill ensured three-day weekends for federal employees by celebrating four national holidays on Mondays: Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day. Under this bill, Veterans Day was moved to the last Monday of October. Many states did not agree with this decision and continued to celebrate the holiday on its original date. The first Veterans Day under the new law was observed with much confusion on Oct. 25, 1971.
Finally on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law which returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of Nov. 11, beginning in 1978. Since then, the Veterans Day holiday has been observed on Nov. 11.
Celebrating the Veterans Day Holiday
If the Nov. 11 holiday falls on a non-workday the holiday is observed by the federal government on Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday) or Friday (if the holiday falls on Saturday). Federal government closings are established by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management . State and local government closings are determined locally, and non- government businesses can close or remain open as they see fit, regardless of federal, state or local government operation determinations.
United States Senate Resolution 143, which was passed on Aug. 4, 2001, designated the week of Nov.11 through Nov. 17, 2001, as "National Veterans Awareness Week." The resolution calls for educational efforts directed at elementary and secondary school students concerning the contributions and sacrifices of veterans.
The difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day
Memorial Day honors servicemembers who died in service to their country or as a result of injuries incurred during battle. Deceased veterans are also remembered on Veterans Day but the day is set aside to thank and honor living veterans who served honorably in the military - in wartime or peacetime.
The idea of honoring US soldiers in November reaches back to World War 1, though we didn't call it Veterans Day back then.
American troops made significant headway in 1918, rebuffing a German offensive along the western front and moving Allied forces deeper into enemy territory. By November, Germany had enough. It agreed to a cease-fire, signing the official armistice at 5 a.m. on November 11. The treaty took effect six hours later. On the "eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month," as the saying goes, the world knew peace once again.
The "War to End All Wars" had ended. For the next 36 years, America remembered November 11 as Armistice Day.
However, as we all know, war broke out again in 1939. A new generation of Americans risked their lives in World War II and the Korean War. By 1954, the name Armistice Day didn't sound right anymore. The scope felt too narrow. So Congress swapped out "Armistice" in favor of a word that could honor all of America's veterans, and Veterans Day was born.
But remember Armistice Day this year. Why? For the first time, this holiday has landed on the eleventh day of the eleventh month – of the eleventh year. That's right, 11-11-11.
TO ALL OUR VETERANS: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
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