Holidays 2021-03-25
Observances today cover topics like slavery, Medal of Honor recipients, the settlement of what is now Maryland by Europeans, Greece becoming an independent nation, Lobster Newburg, waffles, pecans, and the transatlantic slave trade, and stories by J.R.R. Tolkien:
There are at least 2 Pecan Days; the other is on April 14.
Apparently back when the Julian calendar was in use, the new year would start on this date. Intuitively this would make more sense since spring is a new start for many of the plants and animals around us.
European settlers landed in Maryland on this date in 1634.
Approximately on this date in 1821 Greece rose up to break off from the Ottoman Empire.
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