Category: Travel and Tourism

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Family Reunion Planning Month: November

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Marooned Without A Compass Day: November 6

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Marooned Without a Compass Day is a day devoted to the unfortunate souls that have gotten marooned on a desolate island. Marooned without a knife, tools and matches sounds even worse. At least navigation...

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Education Week, American: November 15-19

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Geography Awareness Week, Ntl.: November 1...

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National Geography Awareness Week celebrates, geography, maps and the natural world. The awareness Week was established in 1987 through a presidential proclamation. It has been held every year since with...

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Go for a Ride Day: November 22

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Go for a Ride Day is day that encourages people to travel using their cars, bikes and even shoes. On this day, people embark on a journey. This is an unofficial event without a sponsor.

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American Adventures Month: August

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From Argentina to the tip Arctic Circle, America is a bounty of adventures. Whether you choose to stay in your country, explore islands or dip into one of the other nations in the Western Hemisphere, you...

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Pirate Month, Int.: August

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Sponsored by the thespian group Rogue's Armada, International Pirate Month celebrates all things pirate. Though this is a fun observance, pirating remains a serious problem in several parts of the world...

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Lighthouse Day, Ntl. (1789): August 7

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National Lighthouse Day marks the anniversary of Congressional approval and the declaration signed by President George Washington creating and supporting a network of lighthouse, piers and buoys on August...

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Aviation Week, Ntl. (1871): August 14-20

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Relaxation Day, Ntl.: August 15

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Roller Coaster Day, Ntl.(1878): August 16

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Roller Coaster Day marks the August 16, 1878 anniversary of the first patent for the roller coaster. It was granted to Richard Knudsen and JG Taylor. Several years later the first roller coaster would op...

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Photography Day, World (1839): August 19

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August 19, 1839 the French government purchased the patent for the Daguerreotype process from Louis Daguerre and Joseph Nicephore Niepce. This is the invention that made photography possible. Rather than...

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Paralympics (JP): August 24 - September 5

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Resceduled from 2020. The Paralympics is the largest competition of impaired athletics in the world and include both the summer and winter games, each held every four years on alternating two year periods...

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Family Reunion Month: July

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Family Reunion Month in July (or August depending upon who you ask) is an unofficial monthly observance in the United States with no sponsor. Tradition forms its origin. With summer upon us and the kids...

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Roadside Traffic Safety Awareness Month, N...

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Be Nice to New Jersey Week: July 4-10

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No state receives more bad press from comedians than New Jersey, so Lone Star publications decided New Jersey needs a week for the nation to 'share the love' and support it as it should be.

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Dhu al-Hijjah (M): July 11 - August 8

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Night of Nights (US-CA)(1999): July 12

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Morse Code formed the standard of international maritime communication for much of the 20th century. Night of Nights celebrates the end of its use in the United States at Point Reyes Station on July 12, 1...

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Feast of the Redeemer (IT)(1577): July 17

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In the 1575, a plague ripped through Venice, in today's Italy, killing over 50,000 people, 1/3 of the population. The Venetians, in fear and panic, prayed and vowed to build a new church for the Redeemer,...

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