The history of Thanksgiving day. The last Thursday in November‚ as you know‚ is a holiday in America. People call this holiday Thanksgiving Day. It is perhaps the most important day in the American year. People go to church‚ and families come together for the day. They decorate their houses with the fruits and flowers of autumn and prepare traditional American food: roast turkey‚ potatoes and pumpkin. It’s rather like Christmas‚ but what are people celebrating? What are they giving thanks for?
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prosperous years of Independence. A day so special in the history of India that wouldn’t fail to remind us of the heroic deeds of not just our freedom fighters but the citizens of India. On the eve of Independence our 1st Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a speech on Independence Day‚ “ When the world sleeps‚ India will wake to life and freedom.” My dear friends ‚ we are the fortunate ones to be able to breathe this air of freedom since the day we were born. Fortunate enough not
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Halloween Bake Sale Decorate cookies package in containers‚ each box the same and sell three different versions. Dress them up with ribbon‚ and seal the boxes to stay fresh! Mothers Day Gift Sale Expecting mothers‚ gifts for guys who don’t know what to buy‚ kids to pick something out. Candles‚ cupcake bouquet‚ bath stuff‚ gardening stuff‚ spa‚ smell goods‚ mani/pedi‚ etc. Gift Wrapping for Christmas Drop off gifts before mass‚ we wrap and they can pick them up after mass
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First Day at School in a New Country My family moved to the United States when I was fourteen‚ and I learned I would be going to a new school just two days after we had entered the country and I wasn’t assimilated to the culture or the language. Even though I took lots of English lessons when I was in China‚ when I learned I would not be attending a bilingual school like the other new immigrants‚ I was extremely apprehensive. My first day of school in a new country was extremely nervous
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A day I will always remember is the first day of middle school‚ which was the first day of 6th grade. I was nervous and didn’t know what to expect‚ but I was also very excited at the same time. Everything was so new to me‚ the campus‚ the schedule‚ and the people. But the first day of middle school will always be a day I will remember. It was the first day of the 6th Grade and I was very anxious. I had been waiting for that day all summer. It all started when I got of the school bus. The
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In India‚ Republic Day honors the date on which the Constitution of India came into force replacing the Government of India Act 1935 as the governing document of India on 26 January 1950. The date of 26 January was chosen to honour the declaration of independence of 1930. It is one of the three national holidays in India. While the main parade takes place in the national capital‚ New Delhi‚ at the Rajpath before the President of India (currently Pranab Mukherjee)‚ the anniversary is also celebrated
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Independence Day Of India Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny‚ and now the time comes when we will redeem our pledge‚ not wholly or in full measure‚ but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour‚ when the world sleeps‚ India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes‚ which comes but rarely in history‚ when we step out from the old to the new‚ when an age ends and when the soul of a nation‚ long suppressed‚ finds utterance.... We end today a period of ill fortune‚ and India
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Bich Ngoc Tran(Julia) Graded Reader Assignment #2 “ONE DAY” by Helen Naylor Plot Summary Moreland road is a street in the city of Bath‚ England. Some of people live in this road are Jason- a seventeen year old boy and his mother‚ Nina Sen-works in bank and her husband-David works in a restaurant‚ Maggie and another one is Sam-work on a newspaper. Jason’s father left him when he was five and he lives with his mother. He wants to study at art school. He felt so sad because his girlfriend
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EARTH DAY SKIT: “How Earth Day Began” This skit can be performed at an Earth Day assembly for an entire school or a single class Scene 1: At Home________________________________________________ A student returns home from school. While eating dinner‚ she discusses her day with her parents. The end of April is approaching and her school [insert your school name] is preparing for its Earth Week festivities. Teachers and students have been talking about the week’s event and she can’t wait – excitement
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this team yet‚ and I needed to work on my game and tryout next year. I was devastated; I could not believe it‚ I had thought I deserved to be on that team‚ but the coach did not. Without that day‚ I would not be here playing basketball on a scholarship for Wheeling Jesuit University. That day taught me so much. I came into that basketball tryout overconfident‚ like I had made the team already because I thought I was that good. In eighth grade I was the man in basketball. I could not be stopped
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