Search Results for: American Holy Days

Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.

The mass protests that greeted attempts to open the 1893 Chicago World's Fair on a Sunday seem almost comical today in an era of seven-day convenience and twent

Our national holidays have been trivialized by merchandising, consumerism, and long weekends. What do you know about the origins of the national holidays of the

July 4th, Election Day, Christmas, and New Year's Eve: reading about our American national holidays is not only fun, it is a way of exploring our diverse cultur

How more than 50 of our holidays originated and are observed today.