Today is...
Make Up Your Own Holiday Day

If you’ve been following our daily Reasons to Celebrate, then you know how many interesting and unique holidays there are in the world. Today is your chance to make one up!
Establishing an official national holiday is not an easy process. For example, in the 1800s Sarah Josepha Hale decided that our nation should observe a national day of thanks. She wrote countless letters to politicians, governors, and even the president. In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln agreed to Hale’s proposal, but Thanksgiving did not become an official national holiday until 1941!
To celebrate Make Up Your Own Holiday Day, come up with a creative, meaningful, or quirky idea for a holiday. Invite friends and family over tonight for its first annual celebration!

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March is National Peanut Month & International Ideas Month & National Craft Month

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History for March 26 1804 - The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans. 1965 - It was announced that Jeff Beck would take Eric Clapton's place in the Yardbirds. 1972 - The Los Angeles Lakers broke a National Basketball Association record by winning 69 of their 82 games. 1989 - The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected. ______________________________________________________ "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and change amid order." --Alfred North Whitehead