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National Take Your Parents to Lunch Day encourages parents to visit their child's school and have lunch in the cafeteria. The goal is to learn about what goes into a healthy lunch and for parents and school officials to open the lines of communication so they can work together to provide kids with the most nourishing meals possible. This event can be held any day during National School Lunch Week or throughout the year. Check with your local school to find out when they plan to hold theirs.

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Oct

Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day: October 11

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The second Wednesday of October is Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day. Created by Teddies are the Answer, this day reminds us of the joy and happiness a simple teddy bear can bring to people of all ages.

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Oct

Tavistock Goose Fair, (UK): October 11

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The Tavistock Goose Fair is an annual festival held in the market town of Tavistock, located in Devon, England, dating back to the early 12th century. Tavistock is one of England's oldest towns (976 AD) and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 2006 for its stannary (tin mining) culture dating back to the Roman occupation. It is also the birthplace of jam with scones—a treat that pairs beautifully with another Tavistock original, Lady Bedford's contribution to English culture, the afternoon cream tea.

Tavistock's Goose Fair is the original English celebration following the Christian observance of Michaelmas (September 29), which began as a livestock market, particularly for geese. Geese were traditionally eaten at Michaelmas to guarantee prosperity in the coming year and given as part of the annual rent payment by farmers.

Although the sale of geese is no longer a significant aspect of the fair, the event remains an important tradition in Tavistock. It serves as a reminder of the town's agricultural heritage and is a popular event in the local calendar and a regional favorite epitomizing quintessential English history and culture. How popular? Consider Christopher Hitchens (April 13, 1949-December 15, 2011), a renowned British author, journalist, and intellectual who lived in the area. He cited the Tavistock Goose Fair in his last years as one of his most treasured memories of his youth. Even Sir Francis Drake, the town's most famous son, would have attended the Tavistock Goose Fair as a boy. Now that's history!

The fair has evolved over the years and is now a vibrant mix of a street market, carnival, and various entertainment events featuring merchants selling food, crafts, and miscellaneous goods, along with amusement rides, live music, and street entertainers. In recent years, the fair has expanded to include local and international cuisine, reflecting the diverse nature of the event. Tavistock's Goose Fair is held on the second Wednesday in October, attracting thousands of visitors from across the UK and beyond.

A sister event in the north part of England, The Nottingham Goose Fair, began about 100 years later in 1284 (when the fictional Robin Hood roamed Sherwood Forest). Both Goose Fairs are two of the longest-ongoing festivals in Europe.

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Oct

Bone & Joint Action Week, Ntl.: October 12-20

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The Global Alliance supports Bone and Joint Action Week for Musculoskeletal Health. This event was previously known as the Bone and Joint Decade. Upon the conclusion of the decade, it became an annual weekly observance surrounding the following annual days:

World Arthritis Day on October 12
World Spine Day on October 16
World Trauma Day on October 17
World Pediatric Bone & Joint Day on October 19
World Osteoporosis Day on October 20

US patient and healthcare organizations, medical schools, government agencies, health systems providers, and industry have come together to support the United States Bone and Joint Initiative (USBJI). It seeks to improve the prevention of bone and joint disorders and the quality of life for those affected. Movement is an issue for nearly one in two Americans over the age of 18 and for many children. Musculoskeletal disorders include arthritis, back pain, fracture, osteoporosis, sports trauma, and other ailments affecting function and mobility.

The goal of this week is to increase awareness and provide factual information while supporting research.

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Oct

Columbus Day (BZ)(1492): October 12

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Alternate names: Columbus Day / Discovery Day / Friendship Day / Día de la Hispanidad / Día de la Raza / Native Americans' Day / Discovers' Day

Locations: Belize, Mexico, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Spain, South Dakota & Hawaii, United States

All of these events mark a historical anniversary. The celebration, however, originated with President Benjamin Harrison in 1892. You see, Harrison had a problem.

In 1891, rioters in New Orleans killed 11 Italian immigrants, three of whom still held Italian citizenship. Even then, uniquely American hypocrisy reigned. Citizens hated immigrants despite nearly every American descending from or being an immigrant. Six Italians were accused of murder in March of that year. By the next day, rumors whipped through the Big Easy, and a mob stormed the jail. The rioters murdered 11 Italians as retribution.

The shootings and lynchings caused a political nightmare for the Harrison Administration with the Italian government, and Harrison was up for re-election. Italy recalled its officials, and American officials vacated Rome. Threats of war were traded, and nobody was happy.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, Italians choosing US citizenship had become a significant voting block in the United States. Harrison needed their vote, and paying restitution to the Italian government produced ridicule rather than results. An idea formed. It was the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Americas. Columbus was Italian, and many large spectaculars were already planned. Why not make Columbus Day an official federal holiday for the year 1892? That worked. Diplomats returned to their posts, war was averted, and Italians celebrated in the Americas. Columbus Day became an official annual holiday in the United States by a joint Congressional/Presidential resolution on April 30, 1934, with modification in 1968 (36 USC 107) to the second Monday of October.

Columbus Day commemorates the events of October 11-15, 1492, when Christopher Columbus and his crew first sighted land. Landfall occurred on October 12, 1492; he thought he had found a way to India. Instead, Columbus discovered the Bahamas, and it would take time for him to realize it was an entirely new continent.

Columbus Day, on October 12, is a national holiday in Belize, and the Bahamas refer to it as Discovery Day. In Spain, it is called Día de la Hispanidad, or Hispanity Day. In the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, it is called Friendship Day, and Mexico refers to the anniversary as Día de la Raza, or Day of Race. The United States also marks the anniversary with Native American Day and the state of Hawaii with Discovers' Day.

FIRST EUROPEANS

Most Americans believe that Columbus was the first European to discover America. He was the first to find the islands of the Caribbean, but not mainland North America.

The first European to land on American soil was Leif Eriksson, a Viking, on October 9, 1000 AD. But first, he saw it a year before when his ship was blown off course leaving Iceland. In 999 AD, he did not land. He called the new land Helluland (Stone Slab Land). The following year, he returned, sailing south, and eventually set up camp in what we refer to as present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland since it was bursting with spectacular wine grapes. Archeologists in the 1960s uncovered the original camp in modern L'Anse aux Meadows, a UNESCO World Heritage site today.

Eriksson wasn't the first European to see America. That honor falls to another Viking, Bjarni Herjolfsson. Herjolfsson saw a land covered in trees in 986 AD. He was trying to get to Greenland with his father, Erik the Red. He missed it. However, Herjolfsson did not set foot on American soil; that would have to wait another 13 years.

On October 9, 1825, the first group of immigrants from Norway arrived in the United States.

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day.

CONTROVERSY OVER COLUMBUS

Columbus Day has become controversial in the United States because his discovery also led to the genocide of Native Americans, who lost 90% of their people over the next 400 years due to illness, enforced poverty, land theft, discrimination, and wars. That Columbus initiated colonialism through his discovery, which led to slavery and the disenfranchisement of Native Americans, is another reason several groups do not want the day or the explorer remembered. However, Columbus Day is significant to Italian Americans, who view the explorer with great pride. An Italian, he sailed to America under the patronage of the Spanish King and Queen.

As far as I can tell, Alabama, in 2000, was the first state to change Columbus Day to American Indian Day in honor of America's indigenous people. By 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement, Native American organizations, and other social justice movements continued to call into question Columbus' legacy and advocate for the abolition of the holiday.

In 2021, after a rise of activism to recognize indigenous people in the United States rather than their colonizers, President Biden proclaimed the first-ever National Indigenous Peoples' Day in place of Columbus Day.

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Oct

Cookbook Launch Day: October 12

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National Cookbook Launch Day is timed to get any new cookbooks on the shelves before the holiday rush. Cookbooks are a popular gift to get and give.

In addition to launching a book, this is a day to create your family cookbook by collecting recipes from friends and family, compiling them, and binding them. Tools exist today that make digital publishing of your family’s recipes in a paperback form more accessible than ever,

Use this day to launch your cookbook or create a legacy for your family of recipes for generations to come.

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Oct

Dia de la Raza (MX)(1492): October 12

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Alternate Names: Columbus Day / Discovery Day / Friendship Day / Día de la Hispanidad / Día de la Raza / Native Americans' Day / Discovers' Day

Locations: Belize, Mexico, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Spain, South Dakota & Hawaii, United States

All of these events mark a historical anniversary. The celebration, however, originated with President Benjamin Harrison in 1892. You see, Harrison had a problem.

In 1891, rioters in New Orleans killed 11 Italian immigrants, three of whom still held Italian citizenship. Even then, uniquely American hypocrisy reigned. Citizens hated immigrants despite nearly every American descending from or being an immigrant. Six Italians were accused of murder in March of that year. By the next day, rumors whipped through the Big Easy, and a mob stormed the jail. The rioters murdered 11 Italians as retribution.

The shootings and lynchings caused a political nightmare for the Harrison Administration with the Italian government, and Harrison was up for re-election. Italy recalled its officials, and American officials vacated Rome. Threats of war were traded, and nobody was happy.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, Italians choosing US citizenship had become a significant voting block in the United States. Harrison needed their vote, and paying restitution to the Italian government produced ridicule rather than results. An idea formed. It was the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Americas. Columbus was Italian, and many large spectaculars were already planned. Why not make Columbus Day an official federal holiday for the year 1892? That worked. Diplomats returned to their posts, war was averted, and Italians celebrated in the Americas. Columbus Day became an official annual holiday in the United States by a joint Congressional/Presidential resolution on April 30, 1934, with modification in 1968 (36 USC 107) to the second Monday of October.

Columbus Day commemorates the events of October 11-15, 1492, when Christopher Columbus and his crew first sighted land. Landfall occurred on October 12, 1492; he thought he had found a way to India. Instead, Columbus discovered the Bahamas, and it would take time for him to realize it was an entirely new continent.

Columbus Day, on October 12, is a national holiday in Belize, and the Bahamas refer to it as Discovery Day. In Spain, it is called Día de la Hispanidad, or Hispanity Day. In the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, it is called Friendship Day, and Mexico refers to the anniversary as Día de la Raza, or Day of Race. The United States also marks the anniversary with Native American Day and the state of Hawaii with Discovers' Day.

FIRST EUROPEANS

Most Americans believe that Columbus was the first European to discover America. He was the first to find the islands of the Caribbean, but not mainland North America.

The first European to land on American soil was Leif Eriksson, a Viking, on October 9, 1000 AD. But first, he saw it a year before when his ship was blown off course leaving Iceland. In 999 AD, he did not land. He called the new land Helluland (Stone Slab Land). The following year, he returned, sailing south, and eventually set up camp in what we refer to as present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland since it was bursting with spectacular wine grapes. Archeologists in the 1960s uncovered the original camp in modern L'Anse aux Meadows, a UNESCO World Heritage site today.

Eriksson wasn't the first European to see America. That honor falls to another Viking, Bjarni Herjolfsson. Herjolfsson saw a land covered in trees in 986 AD. He was trying to get to Greenland with his father, Erik the Red. He missed it. However, Herjolfsson did not set foot on American soil; that would have to wait another 13 years.

On October 9, 1825, the first group of immigrants from Norway arrived in the United States.

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day.

CONTROVERSY OVER COLUMBUS

Columbus Day has become controversial in the United States because his discovery also led to the genocide of Native Americans, who lost 90% of their people over the next 400 years due to illness, enforced poverty, land theft, discrimination, and wars. That Columbus initiated colonialism through his discovery, which led to slavery and the disenfranchisement of Native Americans, is another reason several groups do not want the day or the explorer remembered. However, Columbus Day is significant to Italian Americans, who view the explorer with great pride. An Italian, he sailed to America under the patronage of the Spanish King and Queen.

As far as I can tell, Alabama, in 2000, was the first state to change Columbus Day to American Indian Day in honor of America's indigenous people. By 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement, Native American organizations, and other social justice movements continued to call into question Columbus' legacy and advocate for the abolition of the holiday.

In 2021, after a rise of activism to recognize indigenous people in the United States rather than their colonizers, President Biden proclaimed the first-ever National Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.

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Oct

Discoverers' Day (US-HI)(1492): October 12

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Columbus Day / Discovery Day / Friendship Day / Día de la Hispanidad / Día de la Raza / Native Americans' Day / Discoverers' Day

Locations: Belize, Mexico, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Spain, South Dakota & Hawaii, USA

These commemorations acknowledge a historic milestone. Its inception began with President Benjamin Harrison in 1892 due to a predicament. In 1891, an unruly mob in New Orleans took the lives of 11 Italian immigrants, of which three still possessed Italian citizenship. The irony was palpable; the very immigrants, from whom many Americans descended, were despised. After accusations of murder were levied against six Italians, a fueled mob retaliated, resulting in the death of those above 11.

This incident strained relations between the Harrison Administration and Italy. Italy withdrew its diplomats, while American representatives departed from Rome. Amid these tensions, Harrison faced re-election. With Italians becoming a significant electorate in the US, Harrison sought their favor. The upcoming 400th anniversary of Columbus' voyage presented an opportunity. Celebrating Columbus, an Italian figure, was deemed a strategic move. Columbus Day was declared a federal holiday in 1892, further cemented in 1934, and adjusted in 1968.

Columbus Day remembers the period between October 11-15, 1492, marking Columbus' discovery. Initially thinking he had found a route to India on October 12, he had landed in the Bahamas, recognizing its true identity only later. Different nations honor this day uniquely: Belize celebrates it as Columbus Day, the Bahamas as Discovery Day, Spain as Día de la Hispanidad, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as Friendship Day, and Mexico as Día de la Raza. The USA also acknowledges it with Native Americans' Day and Hawaii Discoverers' Day.

FIRST EUROPEANS

While Columbus is credited with discovering the Caribbean islands, he wasn't the first European to land on the American mainland. That distinction goes to Viking Leif Eriksson in 1000 AD, preceded by a sighting in 999 AD. He dubbed this land Helluland and eventually settled in what's now Newfoundland, named Vinland, due to its vine-rich landscape.

Eriksson's discovery site was later unearthed at L'Anse aux Meadows, now a UNESCO World Heritage site. However, the first European to glimpse America was Viking Bjarni Herjolfsson in 986 AD. Though he didn't land, he paved the way for Eriksson's later discovery. Significantly, the initial Norwegian immigrants arrived in the US on October 9, 1825. By 1964, this date was commemorated as Leif Eriksson Day.

CONTROVERSY OVER COLUMBUS

Columbus Day has become controversial in the United States because his discovery also led to the genocide of Native Americans, who lost 90% of their people over the next 400 years due to illness, enforced poverty, land theft, discrimination, and wars. That Columbus initiated colonialism through his discovery, which led to slavery and the disenfranchisement of Native Americans, is another reason several groups do not want the day or the explorer remembered. However, Columbus Day is significant to Italian Americans, who view the explorer with great pride. An Italian, he sailed to America under the patronage of the Spanish King and Queen.

As far as I can tell, Alabama, in 2000, was the first state to change Columbus Day to American Indian Day in honor of America's indigenous people.

By 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement, Native American organizations, and other social justice movements continued to call into question Columbus' legacy and advocate for the abolition of the holiday. In 2021, after a rise of activism to recognize indigenous people in the United States rather than their colonizers, President Biden proclaimed the first-ever National Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.

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Oct

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Columbus Day / Discovery Day / Friendship Day / Día de la Hispanidad / Día de la Raza / Native Americans' Day / Discovers' Day

Locations: Belize, Mexico, Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Spain, South Dakota & Hawaii, United States

All of these events mark a historical anniversary. The celebration, however, originated with President Benjamin Harrison in 1892. You see, Harrison had a problem.

In 1891, rioters in New Orleans killed 11 Italian immigrants, three of whom still held Italian citizenship. Even then, uniquely American hypocrisy reigned. Citizens hated immigrants despite nearly every American descending from or being an immigrant. Six Italians were accused of murder in March of that year. By the next day, rumors whipped through the Big Easy, and a mob stormed the jail. The rioters murdered 11 Italians as retribution.

The shootings and lynchings caused a political nightmare for the Harrison Administration with the Italian government, and Harrison was up for re-election. Italy recalled its officials, and American officials vacated Rome. Threats of war were traded, and nobody was happy.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, Italians choosing US citizenship had become a significant voting block in the United States. Harrison needed their vote, and paying restitution to the Italian government produced ridicule rather than results. An idea formed. It was the 400th anniversary of Columbus' landing in the Americas. Columbus was Italian, and many large spectaculars were already planned. Why not make Columbus Day an official federal holiday for the year 1892? That worked. Diplomats returned to their posts, war was averted, and Italians celebrated in the Americas. Columbus Day became an official annual holiday in the United States by a joint Congressional/Presidential resolution on April 30, 1934, with modification in 1968 (36 USC 107) to the second Monday of October.

Columbus Day commemorates the events of October 11-15, 1492, when Christopher Columbus and his crew first sighted land. Landfall occurred on October 12, 1492; he thought he had found a way to India. Instead, Columbus discovered the Bahamas, and it would take time for him to realize it was an entirely new continent.

Columbus Day, on October 12, is a national holiday in Belize, and the Bahamas refer to it as Discovery Day. In Spain, it is called Día de la Hispanidad, or Hispanity Day. In the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, it is called Friendship Day, and Mexico refers to the anniversary as Día de la Raza, or Day of Race. The United States also marks the anniversary with Native American Day and the state of Hawaii with Discovers' Day.

FIRST EUROPEANS

Most Americans believe that Columbus was the first European to discover America. He was the first to find the islands of the Caribbean, but not mainland North America.

The first European to land on American soil was Leif Eriksson, a Viking, on October 9, 1000 AD. But first, he saw it a year before when his ship was blown off course leaving Iceland. In 999 AD, he did not land. He called the new land Helluland (Stone Slab Land). The following year, he returned, sailing south, and eventually set up camp in what we refer to as present-day Newfoundland, which he called Vinland since it was bursting with spectacular wine grapes. Archeologists in the 1960s uncovered the original camp in modern L'Anse aux Meadows, a UNESCO World Heritage site today.

Eriksson wasn't the first European to see America. That honor falls to another Viking, Bjarni Herjolfsson. Herjolfsson saw a land covered in trees in 986 AD. He was trying to get to Greenland with his father, Erik the Red. He missed it. However, Herjolfsson did not set foot on American soil; that would have to wait another 13 years.

On October 9, 1825, the first group of immigrants from Norway arrived in the United States.

In 1964, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed October 9 as Leif Eriksson Day.

CONTROVERSY OVER COLUMBUS

Columbus Day has become controversial in the United States because his discovery also led to the genocide of Native Americans, who lost 90% of their people over the next 400 years due to illness, enforced poverty, land theft, discrimination, and wars. That Columbus initiated colonialism through his discovery, which led to slavery and the disenfranchisement of Native Americans, is another reason several groups do not want the day or the explorer remembered. However, Columbus Day is significant to Italian Americans, who view the explorer with great pride. An Italian, he sailed to America under the patronage of the Spanish King and Queen.

As far as I can tell, Alabama, in 2000, was the first state to change Columbus Day to American Indian Day in honor of America's indigenous people. By 2020, the Black Lives Matter movement, Native American organizations, and other social justice movements continued to call into question Columbus' legacy and advocate for the abolition of the holiday.

In 2021, after a rise of activism to recognize indigenous people in the United States rather than their colonizers, President Biden proclaimed the first-ever National Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day.

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