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• 1.Memorial Day（美国阵亡将士纪念日）
• -It was 1866 and the United States was recovering from the long and bloody Civil War between the North and the South. Surviving soldiers came home, so...
• 2.Shavuot（息汪月）
• Shavuot, the Feast of the Weeks, is the Jewish holiday celebrating the harvest season in Israel. Shavuot, which means weeks, refers to the timing of t...
• 3.Constitution Day in Norway（挪威宪法日）
• After being under Danish rule for some 400 years Norway had her own revolution in 1814. A very peaceful revolution consisted of calling a constitution...
• 4.Shavuot（五旬节）
• Shavuot（五旬节） The Yom Tov begins at sundown of the 5th day of Sivan (息汪月, 即犹太教历3月,犹太国历9月,在公历5、6月间,共30天), exactly fifty days ...
• 5.Earth Day（世界地球日）
• Earth Day was first observed in Spring of 1970. An estimated 20 million people nationwide attended festivities out of which came the largest grassroot...
• 6.Arbor Day（植树节）
• In many countries it has long been the tradition to hold an annual tree or forest festival. The origin of such celebrations dates back to antiquity an...
• 7.Easter Day（复活节）
• -The meaning of many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in pre-Christian religions and Chri...
• 8.Mardi Gras（四旬斋前的狂欢节）
• -Mardi Gras is a traditional holiday celebrated in many of the southern states of the USA. The most famous celebration takes place in New Orleans, Lou...
• 9.Lantern Festival（元宵节）
• -The 15th day of the 1st lunar month is the Chinese Lantern Festival because the first lunar month is called yuan-month and in the ancient times peopl...
• 10.Dr. Martin Luther King Day（马丁•路德•金纪念日）
• It was December, 1955, and Martin Luther King, Jr. had just received his doctorate degree in theology（神学）. He had moved to Montgomery（ 蒙哥马利）...