Holidays
Sources of Holiday Websites
| Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A. | http://www.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/index.html |
| Earth Calendar | http://www.earthcalendar.net/index.php |
| Federal Holidays WebQuest | http://www.herrickses.org/searingtown/federalholidays/ |
| The Holiday Zone | http://www.theholidayzone.com/ |
| Holidays on the Net | http://www.holidays.net/ |
| This Day in History | http://www.historychannel.com/thisday/ |
| Web-Holidays.com | http://www.web-holidays.com/ |
| The World Wide Holiday and Festival Page |
http://www.holidayfestival.com/ |
National Holidays
| Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute |
http://pathfinder.com/Life/mlk/mlk.html |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change |
http://www.thekingcenter.com/ |
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Presidents' Day |
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Independence Day |
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Fourth of July Celebrations Database |
http://www.american.edu/heintze/fourth.htm |
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Labor Day: The History |
http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm |
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Columbus Day |
http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/themes/ColumbusDay.shtml |
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Veterans' Day (History Project) |
http://www.loc.gov/vets |
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Thanksgiving |
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Thanksgiving: Learning Page of the Library of Congress |
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/features/thanks/thanks.html |
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Thanksgiving Turkey |
http://www.butterball.com/ |
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Christmas Day |
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WorldView: Christmas Around the World |
http://christmas.com/worldview/ |
Other Holidays
| Chinese New Year (January-February) | http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html |
| Valentine Fun for Families (February) | http://childparenting.about.com/library/blvalc.htm |
| St. Patrick's Fun at Kids Domain (March) | http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/patrick |
| May Day (May) | http://www.web-holidays.com/mayday |
| Mother's Day: How it Began (May) | http://www.biography.com/features/mother/history.html |
| Halloween Online (October) | http://www.halloween-online.com |
| The Official Kwanzaa Web Site (December) | http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/ |