Tag: holiday
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Mother’s Day 2017: Moms in the U.S.
Mother’s Day was first organized by Anna Jarvis in Grafton, WV and Philadelphia, PA on May 10, 1908. As the annual celebration gained popularity, Jarvis requested that Congress officially recognize a day to honor mothers. In 1914 Congress designated the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day.
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Happy Easter from NAWRB!
NAWRB would like to wish our community a happy Easter weekend! Celebrating Jesus Christ’s resurrection from the dead, the holiday—commonly referred to as the moveable feast due to its traveling date—observes services, get-togethers and egg hunts take place around the country.
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day from NAWRB! This is a holiday that observes the death and traditional religious feast day of Saint Patrick, the foremost patron saint of Ireland. Did you know that you have a 10,000 in 1 chance of finding a four-leaf clover, or that it isn’t possible to reach the end of…
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Happy Presidents’ Day from NAWRB!
Presidents’ Day first began as a national holiday in 1885 in honor of George Washington’s birthday (February 22), but was later moved to the third Monday in February and commonly celebrates all American presidents.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, January 16, 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is an annual federal holiday observed on the third Monday in January honoring the life, teachings and achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr. As we enter the weekend celebrating one of our country’s most important activists and visionaries, and millions of Americans enjoy a day off work, we encourage you…
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No House for the Holidays
The recovering housing market—home prices are the highest they’ve been since July 2006, appreciating 5.5 percent annually in September, according to the recently released S&P Case-Shiller index—unfortunately has not translated to improved homeownership rates.
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Happy Thanksgiving from NAWRB!
The NAWRB team would like to wish you and your loved ones a happy Thanksgiving filled with laughter, food and good cheer! With our busy lives and careers, we sometimes forget how lucky we are to be able to spend time with our family and friends. It is not often that families have the…
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Veterans Day 2016: Thanking our Veterans
This Friday, November 11 is Veterans Day, a day to honor our country’s active and retired servicemen and women. The first Armistice Day was celebrated in 1919 and initially celebrated veterans of World War I. In 1954, a bill expanding the holiday to veterans of all wars passed and was amended six days later to officially make the…
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Fun Facts about Halloween 2016
Halloween is just around the corner! Before we know it kids will be dressed in their favorite costumes stuffing their pillowcases and jack-o’-lantern pails with magnificent amounts of candy. Today, the Census Bureau released their latest Profile America Facts for Features with Halloween as the subject.
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Happy Fourth of July Weekend!
NAWRB would like to wish our community a safe and happy 4th of July weekend full of food, celebration and quality time with your loved ones. As we commemorate U.S. history and celebrate our independence and our country’s 240th birthday, we must remember to stay safe this holiday weekend.