All About August

This post is all about the month of August and what we could learn about it. 

Let's get the facts out of the way:

• 8thmonth of the year
• 31 days in the month (originally King Numa Pompilius only gave August 29 days it wasn’t until Julius Caesar took over revamping the calendar in 45 BC that it got 2 extra days.
• August was originally named Sextillis and didn’t become the 8th month until January & February were added to the calendar year

Birthstone: Peridot	Flower: Gladiolus

Fun facts about August in History:

Year	Event
1790	The first U.S. Census is completed. There are four million people in the U.S
1953	The Whiffle Ball was patented on this day.
1959	Hawaii becomes the 50th state
1966	First picture of Earth from the moon is taken by Lunar Orbiter 1
1963	Martin Luther King Jr. makes his "I Have a Dream" speech.
1969	Woodstock happened

Things Celebrated This Month All Month Long:

• Children Eye Health & Safety
• Immunization Awareness
• Get Ready for Kindergarten
• Truancy Awareness

How to Say August in Other Languages:

• Albanian: gusht
• Dutch: augustus
• French: août
• German: Auguscht
• Italian: agosto
• Latin:  Augustus
• Polish: sierpień
• Spanish: agosto

7-Eleven Day = FREE Slurpee

Do you know what today is? Do ya? Do ya? Do ya? Hint if you look at the calendar it is 7/11 - That means if is FREE ‪#‎slurpee‬ day at participating 7-Eleven Stores!

Fun Slurpee Facts:

• The drink was introduced in 1966,  but it wasn't until 1967 that the drink got its' official "Slurpee" name.
• 7‑Eleven guests sip more than 14 million Slurpee beverages each month!
• Top Slurpee drinkers are people from Canada

All About July

This post is all about the month of July and what we could learn about it. 

Let's get the facts out of the way:

• 7th month of the year
• 31 days in the month
• It was named after Julius Caesar, prior to that it was known as Quintilis
• Birthstone: Ruby
• Flower: Larkspur or Water Lily

Fun facts about July in History:

• July is known to be the hottest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere
• 1847 The postage stamp went on sale for the first time
• 1960 Etch-A-Sketch was sold for the first time
• 1955 Disneyland in Anaheim, CA opens
• 1969 First man walks on the moon
• 1940 Bugs Bunny debuts 
• 1928 Mickey Mouse debuts

Things Celebrated This Month:

• Ice Cream Month
• Hot Dog Month

How to Say July in Other Languages:

• Latin: Julius
• Polish: Lipiec 
• Italian: luglio
• Spanish: julio
• German: Heubert
• Albanian: Korrick
• Dutch: Juli
• French: juillet

Memorial Day by the Numbers

Here is Memorial Day by the numbers.

Remember that at 3 p.m. you stop to take a moment of silence for the National Moment of Remembrance.

Have a safe & happy Memorial Day from all the Staff at Cramstoppers!

 

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10 Facts about Mother’s Day

10 Facts about Mother’s Day

• The Carnation was the original Mother’s Day flower.  Pink & red for mom’s that are alive and white for those that have passed away.
• Anna Jarvis of West Virginia organized the first Mother’s Day celebration in 1908 in memory of her own mother.
• Jarvis never married and was childless.
• After spending years to have the day made a holiday, she later spent the rest of her life fighting to have it removed from the U.S. official calendar because of the commercialization of the day.
• By 1911 all U.S. states recognized the holiday and in 1914 Woodrow Wilson signed the proclamation making it a national holiday on the second Sunday in May.
• A version of Mother’s Day is celebrated around the world and throughout the year. 
• Currently it is celebrated in up to 50 countries
• United Kingdom: Mothering Sunday
• Armenia: Maternity and Beauty Day
• In most countries and languages the word for mother begins with the letter “m”

Celebrating May

May has 31 days & 5 weeks

May was named for the Greek Goddess Maia

Birthstone	Emerald
Zodiac Sun Sign	Taurus until the 20th, then it is Gemini
Flower	Flower: Lily of the Valley & Crataegus monogyna

May Celebrations

• National Bike Month
• Skin Cancer Awareness
• Get Caught Reading
• http://www.getcaughtreading.org/
• Youth Traffic Safety Month
• Facebook
• National Organization for Youth Safety

Web Wednesday & Zoo Lover’s Day

Today is Zoo Lover’s Day! When was the last time you went to the zoo?

• there are an estimated more than 2,800 zoos & aquariums in the world.
• The USA has at least 355 zoos.
• Philadelphia Zoo was opened on July 1st, 1874 and is said to be the oldest zoo in the USA.
• The Monterey Bay Aquarium has about 124.000 individual animals and the largest number of animals in any zoo in the world.
• The largest zoo in the US is Red McCombs Wildlife with over 12.500 acres.

Find a zoo near you and visit with your family or friends today.

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https://www.facebook.com/AssociationOfZoosAndAquariums

https://twitter.com/zoos_aquariums

Search by State, Key Word or Zip: https://www.aza.org/findzooaquarium/

 

http://zoofinder.us/

 

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