Ramadan Every day during Ramadan, Muslims read their holy book, the Koran. If a person chooses not to eat or drink for a while, he or she "fasts." Muslims---people who follow the Islamic...
A feast for a king
> Kamehameha Day > > June 11 > > Today, Hawaii is one of the fifty states of the United States. But two hundred years ago it was a group of islands ruled by many kings. One of the kings,...
Day of the Commandments
Jews living in the city of Jerusalem celebrate Shabuot at a holy place called the Wailing Wall. The decorated covering protects a large scroll on which the Torah (the first five books of the Bible)...
Fifth day, fifth moon
Dragon Boat Festival Chinese people in the countries of Malaysia and Taiwan enjoy the Dragon Boat Festival every summer. This celebration comes in the month of the fifth moon on the Chinese...
The month of Juno
June is the sixth month of the year. It has thirty days. In ancient Roman times, when the year began in March, June was the fourth month of the year. Some people say that June was named for Juno,...
June
Brigham Young (1801) American who led the Mormons from Illinois to Utah Pat Boone (1934) American singer and actor John Randolph of Roanoke (1773) American statesman Edwin Way Teale (1899)...
The Maid of Orleans
Saint Joan of Arc May 30 The year is 1429. A young French peasant girl---only seventeen years old---is clad in armor and mounted on a war horse. She holds her sword high in the air. Above her...
America remembers
Memorial Day May 30 Memorial Day honors Americans who died in war. This day is also known as Decoration Day, because graves of the war dead are decorated with flowers and flags. No one is sure...
Jumping frogs!
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Birthday for two queens
Victoria Day The Monday before May 25 is a national holiday in Canada. That's when Canadians celebrate the birthdays of two British queens born more than a hundred years apart. The first queen was...
