August
The month of August celebrates these events:
1st Birth Anniversary of Francis Scott Key (author of the U.S. National Anthem-1779)
1st Sister's Day
2nd U.S. Official signing of anniversary of the Declaration of Independence (1776)
2nd Civic Holiday (Canada)
3rd National Night Out (help stop neighborhood crime)
4th Founding of the U.S. Coast Guard (1790)
7th Halfway point of Summer
7th National Lighthouse Day
7th National Mustard Day
8th Family Day
8th Middle Children's Day
13th International Left-handed Day
15th National Relaxation Day
15th Panama Canal opened (1914)
15th "The Wizard of Oz" premiered (1939)
17th Anniversary of the First Steamboat Trip (1807)
19th Birthday of President Bill Clinton (1946)
19th National Aviation Day
21st 41st Anniversary of Hawaii becoming a State (1959)
26th Woman Suffrage (1920)
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Little Sayings: hundreds of aphorisms listed by categories
Poems: just a few of my favorites
Jellybeans: little bit of this and that...fun pages
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My Favorite Links: list of sites for graphic arts, sayings & quotes, etc...
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Updated 6/26/07