SCIENCE OF THE SOLSTICE The word Solstice comes from the Latin "solstitium" meaning "Sun, standing-still." This year the Summer Solstice occurs on June 21 at 18:06 (6:06 PM) UTC, or Coordinated Universal Time, or Zulu Time, or roughly.
Topics: history, holidays, Midsummer, Solstice

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HISTORY OF FATHER'S DAY The celebration of Father's Day goes back all the way to the beginning, actually to the Garden of Eden when Abel gave his father Adam a razor while his brother Cain gave his father a snake-skin tie. This was the beginning.
Topics: Father's Day, history, holidays

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AMAZING GRACE, part 1 Today marks the 200th anniversary of the British parliament passing a bill banning the nation's slave trade. In these two articles we'll explore the lives of two men and one song that played a large role in that effort. John.
Topics: England, history, John Newton, music, slavery, William Wilberforce

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PENTECOST The Feast of Pentecost is taken from the Greek word πεντηκόστη which means "the 50th," referring to the fiftieth day after Passover and Easter . In the Jewish calendar, this would coincide with the harvest festival Shavuot...
Topics: Easter, history, holidays, Passover, Pentecost

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WHY WE FIGHT The world is different than it was even a few years ago as we celebrate Memorial Day . We now are fighting a war, and we now remember why we fight. The History Channel re-runs the HBO series " Band of Brothers ," the adaptation of..
Topics: Dachau, history, holidays, Memorial Day, WWII

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