Halloween – Celebrating Samhain
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The Celtic celebration of Samhain (SOW-win) dates back millennia. Samhain was a festival that marked the end of the harvest season and ushered in a new year.
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Good Grief, Charlie Brown! “Peanuts” is 75!
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I was a comic strip fan when I was a kid, and “Peanuts” was always a favorite. I’d grab the Worcester Telegram (there was also an evening paper way back then, the Evening Gazette) and bypass all the boring bits… headlines, sports, obits (my Mom’s favorite). I’d get right to the good stuff… the comics section.
Read MoreCelebrating Juneteenth
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Juneteenth, short for June Nineteenth, commemorates June 19, 1865, the day federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing enslaved African Americans from bondage. Many African Americans were unaware that they had been freed. It took two years for them to get the news. In 2021, Juneteenth became America’s newest federal holiday.
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