Today is...
Learn What Your Name Means Day

Today is Learn What Your Name Means Day! Have you ever wondered what your name means? Or why your parents gave you the name you have? Perhaps it’s a family name that has been passed through the generations, or maybe it has some other kind of significance.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there are at least 151,671 last names and 5,163 first names in use in the United States. To celebrate Learn What Your Name Means Day, take a few minutes to find out the meaning behind your name!

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Today is also National Grammar Day & National Pound Cake Day


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


This week is Pet Sitters Week 

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History for March 4 1634 - Samuel Cole opened the first tavern in Boston, MA. 1789 - The first Congress of the United States met in New York and declared that the U.S. Constitution was in effect. 1826 - The first railroad in the U.S. was chartered. It was the Granite Railway in Quincy, MA. 1917 - Jeanette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the House of Representatives. 1933 - U.S. President Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said, "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself." ________________________________________________________ "The test of pleasure is the memory it leaves behind." --Jean Paul Richter