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In August 1939, amid the Great Depression, Fred Lazarus Jr., head of Federated Department Stores (which would later become Macy's), lobbied President Franklin D. Roosevelt to move Thanksgiving a week earlier, to the second to last Thursday of November instead of the last Thursday of November, to make the Christmas shopping season last longer and help boost retail sales.
week of 3rd Sunday in October: National Forest Products Week; 3rd week in October: National Character Counts Week; varies in October: Minority Enterprise Development Week; week prior to Thanksgiving: National Farm-City Week; week of Thanksgiving: National Family Week; August 16–22: National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week [26]
National Flag Week Calls upon the people of the U.S. to display the American flag. 36 U.S.C. § 122: September 17–23 Constitution Week: Invites the people of the U.S. to celebrate the anniversary of the signing of the United States Constitution on September 17, 1787. 36 U.S.C. § 108: Week beginning the second Sunday of October
The tree was erected in Burk Burnett Park for Fort Worth’s first community Christmas celebration in 10 years. The view of the 60-foot tree shows woodsmen clearing underbrush before the tree was ...
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Originally, Texas placed “blue laws” on 42 items in 1961, banning the sale of certain products on consecutive weekend days such as pots, pans, cars, washing machines and liquor. The law was ...
Brisbane: Myer Christmas Parade and Pantomime [5]; Bundaberg: Pageant of Lights.Held annually in early December. Cooroy: Christmas in Cooroy.A two-day annual event, with the street parade held on the first Saturday in December
This spectacular Gothic Revival structure was completed in 1892 and is the center of the annual Feast of the Assumption homecoming festival, which has been celebrated in Praha each August 15 since 1855. Locally known as "Praha Picnic", the celebration draws as many as 5,000 visitors to its traditional Czech polka music and kolaches.