> St. Andrew's Day > > November 30 On the last day of November, Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland and Greece, is honored in many parts of the world. Who was this man who is honored by so...
Thanksgiving Day
> by Lydia Maria Child > > Over the river and through the wood, > > To Grandfather's house we go, The horse knows the way > > To carry the sleigh > > Through the white and drifted snow. > > Over...
Harvest holiday
Thanksgiving Day Every Thanksgiving Day, there's a huge parade in New York City. It is put on by a big department store. The parade is famous for giant balloons of favorite comic and storybook...
Seven-five-three
Japanese children and their mothers dress in their finest clothes when they go to a shrine to celebrate Shichi-Go-San. +--------------------+-------------------------------------------------+ |...
Lest we forget
Armistice Day Remembrance Day Veterans Day November 11 In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing,...
A day to vote
For months, people have heard speeches on TV, seen signs and posters, and read the newspapers. Now, all across the United States, they are going to polling places to vote. It's Election Day. ...
The Gunpowder Plot
Guy Fawkes Day November 5 \"A penny for the Guy! A penny for the Guy!" The merry shouts of children asking for money echo up and down the streets. And with them they have \"the Guy," a straw...
The “ninth” month
November is the eleventh month of the year. It has thirty days. In ancient Roman times, when the year began in March, November was the ninth month of the year. This month got its name from novem, the...
November
Benvenuto Cellini \(1500\) Italian goldsmith and sculptor Sholem Asch (1880) Polish-born author who wrote in Yiddish and English James K. Polk (1795) 11th President of the United States Warren...
