Browse by Topic: History and World Culture

What’s the Deal with this Leap Year Thing Anyway?

Every 4 Years…

Once every four years, we elect a new president, watch the Olympics, and experience the bewildering phenomena of Leap Year.   We have a family friend whose daughter was born

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Gandhi

Meet Grandfather Gandhi

By Elizabeth Huyuk   “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” Mahatma Gandhi Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader who worked

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Presidents Day

Presidential Pardons

The third Monday in February is when we typically celebrate President’s Day. In my experience, this holiday has been reduced to the following:   An excuse for retail locations to

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