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  Pride Day is celebrated on June 28. The day marks the date in history when the first pride march was held in New York City in 1970.  Pride Month is largely credited as being started by bisexual activist Brenda Howard. Known as ‘The Mother of Pride,’ Brenda organized Gay Pride Week and the Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade a year after the Stonewall Riots. This eventually morphed into what we now know as the New York City Pride March and was the catalyst for the formation of similar parades and marches across the world. Bill Clinton was the first U.S. President to officially recognize Pride Month in 1999 and 2000. Then, from 2009 to 2016, Barack Obama declared June LGBT Pride Month. In May 2019, Donald Trump recognized Pride Month with a tweet announcing that his administration had launched a global campaign to decriminalize homosexuality, although critics have noted that actions speak louder than words.  The New York Pride Parade is one of the largest and most well-known parad

  The celebrations that followed the reading of the proclamation by General Gordon Granger began a tradition that has lasted for over one hundred and fifty five years.  General Granger read to the people of Texas, General Order Number 3 which began most significantly with:  "The people of Texas are informed that in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired laborer." From its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the African American Emancipation and Freedom Day has spread across the United States and beyond. Its growing popularity signifies a level of maturity and dignity in America long over due. In cities across the country, people of all nationalities, races and religions are joining hands to truthfully ac

Happy Father's Day to all the Amazing Dads, Stepdads, Granddads, Uncles, and all the others who have stepped in and filled those notoriously big shoes.  Whether it's lending timely life advice, rattling off a corny joke right when and where it's needed, or just being there and being supportive, dads hold a special place in the lives of so many.  May the celebrations be every bit as special as you all are! Father's Day  is a  holiday  honoring fatherhood and paternal bonds, as well as the influence of  fathers  in society. In Catholic countries of Europe, it has been celebrated on March 19 as  Saint Joseph's Day  since the  Middle Ages . In the United States, Father's Day was founded by  Sonora Smart Dodd  and celebrated on the third Sunday of June for the first time in 1910. The day is held on various dates across the world, and different regions maintain their own traditions of honoring fatherhood. Father's Day is a recognized   public holiday   in   Lith