On Sunday, many Americans will honor their mothers on Mother’s Day. While there have been celebrations of mothers and motherhood since antiquity, the American version has its roots in the 19th century. Ann Reeves Jarvis, a West Virginia native with 11 children, is credited with starting Mother’s Day Work Groups in the 1850s. The […]
Why do Americans celebrate Labor Day? Labor Day is a national holiday, created to honor U.S. workers and their contribution to the economy. Many Americans use the day to celebrate the end of summer and would be surprised to know the day has its roots in the labor movement of the late 1800s. How did […]
The Coast Guard was established as the Revenue-Marine, Aug. 4, 1790, when President George Washington signed a bill drafted by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, authorizing the construction of 10 cutters that would be part of the Treasury Department. The new fleet was used to clamp down on smuggling, resulting from the high tariffs the U.S. […]
Independence Day or the day more commonly known as Fourth of July is a federal holiday that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on that day in 1776 when the United States declared its independence from Great Britain. The Fourth of July is by far the most popular and celebrated holiday of the […]