Did you know … Celebrating Christmas by baking a birthday cake for Jesus is a tradition that dates back more than five hundred years. Some special treats were only served at the holidays. Excited children looked forward to Christmas every year. They received gifts, sang songs, and ate special treats. …
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A Grateful Nation Offers Thanks During the Revolutionary War
Did you know … General George Washington decided to spend the cold winter at Valley Forge. The army camped about twenty miles away from Philadelphia, which had been captured by England. Before ordering his soldiers to build cabins as protection against the cold, he gave a Thanksgiving Proclamation on December 17, …
The Garden of Gethsemane
Israelites used olive oil for cooking, in lamps, and for anointing kings. Jesus, the King of Kings, might have thought of this when entering the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. Leaving the other disciples near the entrance of the garden, Jesus asked Peter, James and John to come in with …
Arbor Day
J. Sterling Morton, a settler in the NebraskaTerritory, understood the need to plant trees on the prairie which was being turned into farmland. Trees provided shade, logs for the fire, lumber for buildings, and windbreaks. First Arbor Day Celebrated in Nebraska Morton planted orchards and shade trees on his farm. …