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  2. Neptune Festival - Wikipedia

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    The Neptune Festival is an annual festival in Virginia Beach, Virginia. [1] Virginia Beach Chamber of Commerce President and RK Chevrolet founder Richard Kline created the idea in 1973, to celebrate the heritage of the city.

  3. Neptunalia - Wikipedia

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    The Neptunalia was an obscure archaic two-day festival in honor of Neptune as god of waters, celebrated at Rome in the heat and drought of summer, probably 23 July (Varro, De lingua Latina vi.19). [1] It was one of the dies comitiales, when committees of citizens could vote on civil or criminal matters.

  4. King Neptune (statue) - Wikipedia

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    Completion date: 2005: King Neptune is a ... 2005, during the Neptune Festival Boardwalk Weekend. [1] ... This page was last edited on 9 December 2024, at 06:26 (UTC).

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    An opening is seen in the fuselage of an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX on January 7, 2024 in Portland, Oregon. A door-sized section near the rear of the plane blew off 10 minutes after Flight ...

  6. Virginia Beach Neptunes - Wikipedia

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    The "Neptunes" name alluded to Virginia Beach's location on the Atlantic Ocean, which was commemorated by a 34 feet (10 m) bronze statue of Neptune on September 30, 2005. It was sculpted by Paul DiPasquale and established by the city's annual Neptune Festival with private donations. [ 7 ]

  7. Paul DiPasquale - Wikipedia

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    King Neptune, a depiction of the Roman god, was designed in 2003 for Virginia Beach's Neptune Festival. The statue would be installed on the boardwalk in 2005 ...

  8. Chinese New Year 2024: Dates, this year's animal, and why it ...

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    The lunar calendar is based on moon cycles, so the dates of the Lunar New Year celebration can change slightly each year. Here’s everything to know about Lunar New Year 2024. When is Chinese New ...

  9. Neptune (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The date of the festival and the construction of tree-branch shelters suggest that Neptune was a god of water sources in times of drought and heat. [17] The most ancient Roman calendar set the feriae of Neptunus on July 23, between the Lucaria festival of the grove and the Furrinalia festival of July 25.