Posts Tagged Leap Years
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February Dates and Facts
By Eloise Graham HAPPY LEAP YEAR 2012 Birthstone – Amethyst Flower – Primrose February, with only 28 days, is the shortest of our months, but every four years there is a 29th day. This year, February boasts of 29 days. Do you remember what they taught us in sc...
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April Dates & Facts
By Eloise Graham April has varied celebrations. As Max Molleston states in his column, April is National Poetry Month. I found out it is also National Poetry Writing Month. In 1996, the Academy of American Poets stated that April would be National Poetry Month. Now every April, publishers, books...
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October History
October – a strange word for the tenth month of the year. After all, "octo" means "eight" Octopus. Octagon. Now "October" was once the eighth month of the calendar, the Roman calendar. Then some one decided to add January and February to the mix. So that moved October into the tenth slot. I rememb...
