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Primary Source Spotlight: Holidays

Celebrate U.S. holidays with these primary source collections! And don’t miss these holiday blog posts from Teaching with the Library of Congress. January New Year’s Day January 1 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day third Monday in January January/February Lunar New Years begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar February Valentine’s Day March St….

April fools and April showers

Today in History: April Fool!

Today in History–April 1–the Library of Congress features April Fools’ Day. Although the origins of this fun-filled holiday are unclear, it’s a great chance to play harmless jokes on friend. In France the fooled person is called poisson d’avril (“April fish”) and in Scotland the person is called a gowk (cuckoo), the symbol of a simpleton. Find more…