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Every year on the last Monday of May, the nation celebrates Memorial Day. It's a day for honoring and mourning men and women - Veterans - who've died while fighting to keep us safe. It's a time many visit friends and family who've made the ultimate sacrifice.

PBS news video covering the Presidential address to the Nation and a Joint Session of Congress on 28 April.

May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. This video takes you on a journey from Hawaii to New York City to meet a hula champion living out a childhood dream, a rapper challenging stereotypes, and performers keeping a Tang Dynasty-era tradition alive. Gain personal insight and appreciate the multi-diversity that makes America great.

In April we celebrate Arab culture and contributions to America. The recognition of Arab American contributions is a new addition (2017) in recognizing the contributions of citizens and permanent residents of Arab heritage in America.

Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Women’s History Month had its origins as a national celebration in 1981 when Congress passed Pub. L. 97-28 which authorized and requested the President to proclaim the week beginning March 7, 1982 as “Women’s History Week.” (Source: https://womenshistorymonth.gov/about/)

Irish-American Heritage Month is celebrated by proclamation of the President and Congress in the United States to honor the achievements and contributions of Irish immigrants and their descendants living in the United States. It was first celebrated in 1991.

In 1926, Woodson pioneered the celebration of "Negro History Week", designated for the second week in February, to coincide with marking the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

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Timeline of the coup attempt on the US Congress

Studying history requires one to accept truth wherever it emerges from. Some have asked that if Christ wasn't born in the winter by what we know from scriptural text, then how was Christmas associated with winter solstice period on the calendar. Well, you better take a step back in time and ask the Pope! Just as nations colonize, so does "religion".

News report from 1941 featuring footage from the U.S. Navy. This newsreel depicts the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941