Quirky Easter traditions endure
Easter traditions can get pretty quirky depending on where you are in the world. In parts of Scandinavia, like Sweden and Finland, kids dress up as…
Category: Seasonal
Many die over winter How to invite the birds to your house
Wouldn’t it be nice to be visited each day by cheerful, chirping birds that you could watch from your window. They’re pretty and fun to watch, but in…
March 16 – April 7, 2025: A traditional March event
NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament draws many fans It’s becoming one of the best-known rites of spring. The 86th annual NCAA Basketball Championship begins…
Lent begins March 5
Of all the Christian seasons, Lent is not exactly known as festive. It is a 40-day period of personal sacrifice and penance that culminates with the much…
By the dawn’s early light: The story of the Anthem
As the sun rises on March 3, we could raise the flag to mark the 94th anniversary of Congress’ adoption of “The Star Spangled Banner” as our national…
March: National Women’s History Month Jane Addams: Reformer
In 1889, Chicago was leaving the Gilded Age and entering an era of rapid industrial growth. Iron, steel, steam railroads, shipping, and telephones begot…
Black History Month Free to be together: African-American family reunions
Massive cookouts, bright matching t-shirts, piles of excited kids darting around as their parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts, uncles,…
William H. Johnson’s life and work
This year, the Smithsonian American Art Museum is displaying 34 paintings by the legendary African-American artist William H. Johnson. Part of his iconic…
The story of HBCUs
Historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, were born of necessity. During the late 18th and early 19th century, higher education belonged…
President’s Day: One unusual title for George Washington
He’s known as the father of the country and hero of the America Revolution, but George Washington has another title that is less known: Father of the Mule…