well anyway happy belated flag day and happy S. African YOOF Day
― jergins, Saturday, 16 June 2007 21:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy Father's Day! Thanks for being so great, PRK.
― lxy, Sunday, 17 June 2007 16:44 (seventeen years ago) link
HAPPY JUNETEENTH! A MOST AWESOME HOLIDAY!!!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Emancipation_Day_celebration_-_1900-06-19.jpg
Stay tuned: more later.
― lxy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 15:40 (seventeen years ago) link
That picture is of an Emancipation Day (another name for Juneteenth) Celebration in 1900.
― lxy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 17:45 (seventeen years ago) link
Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, is an annual holiday in fourteen states of the United States. Celebrated on June 19, it commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas. The holiday originated in Galveston, Texas; for more than a century, the state of Texas was the primary home of Juneteenth celebrations. However, one small community in Arkansas (Wilmar) boasts that its celebration, called "June Dinner" has been consistently observed and celebrated, except for one year, since approximately 1870. Since 1980, Juneteenth has been an official state holiday in Texas. It is considered a "partial staffing holiday" meaning that state offices do not close but some employees will be using a floating holiday to take the day off. Thirteen other states list it as an official holiday, including Arkansas, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Connecticut, Alaska, and California where Governor Schwarzenegger proclaimed June 19th "Juneteenth" on June 19, 2005. However, some of these states, such as Connecticut, do not consider it a legal holiday and do not close government offices in observance of the occasion. Its informal observance has spread to some other states including Alabama, with a few celebrations even taking place in other countries.
― lxy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 17:47 (seventeen years ago) link
While Juneteenth is not a recognized holiday in our state, Jergins and I will be recognizing it at the ballpark, as Miguel Batista and the Seattle Mariners take on the Pittsburg Pirates, led by Tom Gorzelanny, in interleague play.
― lxy, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 17:54 (seventeen years ago) link
Whoohoo Juneteenth is indeed awesome and we should all get the day OFF! There's usually a celebration in the Central District, but really it deserves more recognition as a holiday.
― Jaq, Tuesday, 19 June 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago) link
solstice should be a holiday
― jergins, Thursday, 21 June 2007 23:23 (seventeen years ago) link
Jaaniõhtu: let's have a bonfire
http://www.postimees.ee/foto/2/4/4044244963e907d610_2.jpg
― lxy, Saturday, 23 June 2007 14:41 (seventeen years ago) link
guys, i am proud of you and proud to know you. and proud to live in a place where we are all welcomed.
hearts and flowers to my good friends rr, kf, dh, ap.
ja, thanks for hosting us today.
special to allen remington and ben burnett: i love you, i miss you, i wish you were here.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1263/611805193_936e136f31.jpg?v=0
― lxy, Sunday, 24 June 2007 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
otm. may the civil rights issue of our time be resolved in our time
― jergins, Sunday, 24 June 2007 23:34 (seventeen years ago) link
Holy Day of Obligation, goddamn it, as if i don't have enough to do already. jesus.
― lxy, Friday, 29 June 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link
oh, canada. it's your day.
also, hong kong special administrative region establishment day. that's a name, huh? cool fireworks.
― lxy, Monday, 2 July 2007 03:01 (seventeen years ago) link
not exactly a reason to celebrate, but nevertheless noteworthy:
on this date in 1937 amelia earhart and fred noonan disappeared over the pacific ocean while a attempting a circumnavigational flight. some believe that earhart is now living as a member of a cultish group of hysterics on an magic, invisible island near fiji.
― lxy, Monday, 2 July 2007 17:09 (seventeen years ago) link
ah so L O S T
― jergins, Monday, 2 July 2007 20:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy Independence Day, Belarus!!
― lxy, Wednesday, 4 July 2007 01:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy Friends' Day to our good friends in Argentina!
― lxy, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:56 (seventeen years ago) link
wow, we've really had a dearth of public holidays lately.
apologies to France for not recognizing Bastille Day.
― lxy, Friday, 20 July 2007 19:57 (seventeen years ago) link
we will celebrate José Celso Barbosa Day by going to portland to visit our friends and see some music. in case you don't know:
Dr. José Celso Barbosa (Bayamón, July 27, 1857 – September 21, 1921) was a medical doctor, sociologist, and political leader of Puerto Rico. He was also the first racially-mixed resident to attend Puerto Rico's prestigious Jesuit Seminary.
― lxy, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Puerto Rico is the Portland of Latin America
― jergins, Friday, 27 July 2007 18:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Independence Day in Vanuatu AND Father-in-Law's Day
― lxy, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 04:53 (seventeen years ago) link
well that makes sense
― jergins, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 07:40 (seventeen years ago) link
this is interesting:
Ka Hae Hawaiʻi, or the Flag of Hawaiʻi, is the official standard symbolizing Hawaiʻi as a kingdom, protectorate, republic, territory and state. Ka Hae Hawaiʻi is the only state flag in the United States to have been flown under so many various forms of government and the only one that features the Union Flag, the flag of the United Kingdom.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Flag_of_Hawaii.svg/270px-Flag_of_Hawaii.svg.png Happy Ka Hae Hawaiʻi Day!
― lxy, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 17:18 (seventeen years ago) link
today is the 715th anniversary of the swiss federation?
― jergins, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 21:49 (seventeen years ago) link
Flag Day in Ukraine!
― lxy, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago) link
also:
Umhlanga Day (Reed Dance Day) is an annual festival in Swaziland when young women gather reeds to protect the windbreak of the Queen Mother's house.
and let's not forget Vulcanalia:
In Roman religion, Vulcan is the god of destructive and devouring fire whether helpful or harmful,[1] including the fire of volcanoes. He is also called Mulciber ("softener") in Roman mythology and Sethlans in Etruscan mythology.
― lxy, Thursday, 23 August 2007 23:54 (seventeen years ago) link
hey happy Raksha Bandhan to my hindu brothers
― jergins, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:17 (seventeen years ago) link
and sisters
― jergins, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:21 (seventeen years ago) link
maybe uhh thread material though:
The festival is marked by the tying of a rakhi, or holy thread by the sister on the wrist of her brother. The brother in return offers a gift to his sister and vows to look after her. The brother and sister traditionally feed each other sweets.
― jergins, Tuesday, 28 August 2007 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link
happy last moments of International Literacy Day!
― lxy, Sunday, 9 September 2007 06:57 (seventeen years ago) link
so that's why there were fireworks here tonite
?
― amon, Sunday, 9 September 2007 07:19 (seventeen years ago) link
haha. are you in mukilteo wa? there were fireworks for lighthouse days there.
― lxy, Sunday, 9 September 2007 19:27 (seventeen years ago) link
googling tells me it might have been for "defenders day"
wtf @ fireworks
― amon, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 05:33 (seventeen years ago) link
i wish someone had defended my coat from the fireworks here. got some blue shit all over it on account of a disintigrating plastic chair.
wtf fireworks indeed.
(also wtf me forgetting how to spell disintegrating. jexux.)
― lxy, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 06:24 (seventeen years ago) link
careful people. this is the Day of Conception.
― lxy, Thursday, 13 September 2007 03:27 (seventeen years ago) link
(in Ulyanovsk)
CHILE NATIONAL DAY
― jergins, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 22:21 (seventeen years ago) link
let's hear it for the little places:
Guinea-Bissau - Independence Day Trinidad and Tobago - Republic Day New Caledonia - Territorial Day
― lxy, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 04:33 (seventeen years ago) link
"born on the island of T&T represent brooklyn naturally"
― jergins, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:25 (seventeen years ago) link
i so want to go to new caledonia. that czech guy who claimed he was from NZ said it was the most beautiful place he'd been. didn't believe that dude about a lot but did believe him on that
― jergins, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy European Day of Languages!
The general objectives of the European Day of Languages are to:
-alert the public to the importance of language learning and diversify the range of languages learned in order to increase plurilingualism and intercultural understanding; -promote the rich linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe; -encourage lifelong language learning in and out of school.
― jergins, Wednesday, 26 September 2007 20:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Happy October!
― lxy, Tuesday, 2 October 2007 03:52 (sixteen years ago) link
tip of the hat to bell labs:
H A P P Y
Panama’s Separation from Colombia Saturday, October 6th
― jergins, Saturday, 6 October 2007 19:00 (sixteen years ago) link
happy UN day
― jergins, Thursday, 25 October 2007 00:04 (sixteen years ago) link
happy halloween, i guess.
contest: predict how many trick-or-treaters will come to our house.
― lxy, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 16:41 (sixteen years ago) link
2
― jergins, Wednesday, 31 October 2007 21:32 (sixteen years ago) link
3 (so far):
penguin dinosaur mummy
they were cute and sweet.
― lxy, Thursday, 1 November 2007 03:22 (sixteen years ago) link
2 more:
both ninjas (teenage boys, of course)
(please see uhh thread)
― lxy, Thursday, 1 November 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
should have posted yesterday.
here's to the veterans.
― lxy, Monday, 12 November 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
are you going to hang out?
― tehresa, Friday, 26 December 2008 03:54 (fifteen years ago) link
damn straight it's MLKJ DAY and guess where i live hurray!
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1201/1398173948_0a31a69b54.jpg?v=0
― lxy, Monday, 19 January 2009 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
my pop was one of the soldiers sent to protect the marchers
The third march
A week after Reeb's death, the federal judge ruled in favour of the SCLC, preventing the state from blocking the marchers, weighing the right of mobility against the right to march:
"The law is clear that the right to petition one's government for the redress of grievances may be exercised in large groups . . . and these rights may be exercised by marching, even along public highways."
Exactly two weeks after Bloody Sunday, about 3,200 marchers set out from Selma to Montgomery, about 50 miles away. They walked about 12 miles (20 km) a day, sleeping in fields at night. By the time they reached the capitol on Thursday, March 25, [1965] their numbers had swollen to 25,000.
― lxy, Monday, 19 January 2009 19:40 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Selma-March
― lxy, Monday, 19 January 2009 19:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i live in Kings county!!!
my workplace does not believe in public holidays.
― tehresa, Monday, 19 January 2009 19:55 (fifteen years ago) link
king county was originally named after a white dude
― Lingbert, Monday, 19 January 2009 22:48 (fifteen years ago) link
it was named after a king
― harbl, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
martin luther kingbert
― harbl, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 02:48 (fifteen years ago) link
hello bengladesh happy Shahid Dibosh (International Mother Language Day)
― jergins, Tuesday, 22 February 2011 05:11 (thirteen years ago) link