by holidayconnections · Published 08/15/2023 · Last modified 09/13/2023
For Jewish people the celebration of the “New Year” is an opportunity to ask forgiveness for any transgressions committed in the past and start the new year as a better person. It also starts the...
by holidayconnections · Published 06/12/2023
Historical Background to the Declaration of Independence. Most Americans think they know everything about the Declaration of Independence of the United States from England in 1776. If anything, I hope to give you a bit...
by holidayconnections · Published 06/01/2023 · Last modified 09/13/2023
Corpus Christi is a moveable feast, celebrated on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday, 60 days after Easter. Corpus Christi a.k.a. “Maundy Thursday” initiates the Paschal Triduum, the period which commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection...
by holidayconnections · Published 05/19/2023
The Emancipation Proclamation, declared by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863 during the American Civil War, only freed slaves held in Confederate states. The emancipation became national policy, when the Thirteenth Amendment was passed by the Senate on April 8,...