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Learn about popular holidays celebrated in the United States

Learn about popular holidays like Valentine's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and more.

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Collection Armed Forces Day
Armed Forces Day

Armed Forces Day is celebrated the third Saturday in May to honor Americans serving in the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air Force, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Collection Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo
Collection Constitution Day
Constitution Day

Constitution Day falls on September 17 or an adjacent weekday, if that date falls on a weekend or holiday.

Collection Halloween
Halloween

Halloween is celebrated annually on October 31.

Collection Independence Day
Independence Day

A day Americans commemorate the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. View our galleries of historical documents that set the foundation for the United States and find resources on the American flag.

Collection Juneteenth
Juneteenth

Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. See also our Bill of Rights Collection and our International Day of Democracy Collection.

Collection Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Collection Memorial Day
Memorial Day

Memorial Day honors all Americans who have died in service to their country. It falls on the last Monday in May.

Collection National Submarine Day
National Submarine Day

April 11 was the day the Navy acquired its first modern submarined, named Holland VI. It not only honors the submarine, the historic day or the Navy, but also the rich history that submarines have in this country...

Collection Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day
Collection Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day

Learn about the origins of Valentine's Day and also download some cool printables.

Collection Veterans Day
Veterans Day

Veterans Day is a special day for honoring all who have served in the armed forces. The origins of the holiday date back to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, who proclaimed Armistice Day on Nov. 11, 1919 to mark the...

Collection Winter Holidays
Winter Holidays

During the winter months, we celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa and the New Year!

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Vanishing Generation, Part 7
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Tee Senn, cryptologist, speaks of the tank battles, about the reality, not TV, and seeing a tank explode. "...For years...you wake up...it gets to you...it's something that you don't ever want to have...
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Vanishing Generation, Part 6
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Major C. "Buck" Wiley recalls the Red Ball Express, loading up "all those 250 trucks...with ammunition...take them to the front...gasoline...and then when it started snowing, and when the Battle of...
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Vanishing Generation, Part 5
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Russell Meyne, B-17 pilot, says, "But Pearl Harbor, of course, was one about 4-hour period," and he didn't get hit, didn't get shot..."there was no continuity to it...the beginning and end was right...
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Vanishing Generation, Part 3
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Don Ziglar, U.S.S. Yorktown Quartermaster, recalls Japanese fighter planes coming toward the Yorktown. The captain was out on the wing of the bridge, at the starboard side. The bridge wasn't big...
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Vanishing Generation, Part 1
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World War II is the most important event of the 20th Century. It changed everything. Fifty million people died in World War II, including 405,000 Americans. The United States became a world power, the...
Vanishing Generation, Part 2 2

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Vanishing Generation, Part 2
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World War II occurred during the 1940s when segregation was still the norm in America. The African Americans who fought were in a segregated army even overseas in England. One of the reasons the...
Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 6 6

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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 6
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In 2006, the Swamp Foxes were preparing for an Operational Readiness Inspection, the most important peacetime evaluation of the unit's combat readiness. The purpose of the exercise is to get people...
Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories 2

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Penn Center: A Legacy: Social Injustice | Carolina Stories
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Penn School closed its doors in the late 1940s and redirected its efforts to address social injustice. 1964 was the height of the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr. and his group were...
Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 5 5

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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 5
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The strength of the South Carolina Air National Guard has always been its people. And what has given these people their best opportunity to excel is great aircraft. It started with the P-51 Mustang...
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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 4
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In December 1990, Iraq became the new battleground. More than 700 members of the S.C. Air National Gaurd were deployed for Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm. The 240th Combat...
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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 3
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Colonel Robert Hanley Morrell became chief of staff after McEntire's death. Morrell was a colorful character who could have been Southern Conference boxing champion before his Army Air Corp and Air...
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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 2
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Barnie B. McEntire rose to lieutenant colonel in the Army Air Corps during World War II and was exactly the type of man Lieutenant General James C. Dozier was looking for when he dreamed of starting...
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Always First: The SC Air National Guard, Part 1
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The South Carolina Air National Guard has grown from a group of just 50 members to an essential fighting force of the United States military. South Carolina Air Guardsmen have served our country in...
The Charleston Tea Party, 1774 | Palmetto Special The Hunley | Palmetto Special

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The Hunley | Palmetto Special
The video location is at the Naval Polaris Missile Base in North Charleston. This is the largest submarine base on the east coast today. Learn about the sinking of the U.S.S. Housatonic by the Hunley...
November Factoids

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November Factoids
November 1-30 Visit the Knowitall blog for helpful information on using Knowitall all through the month! View our Thanksgiving Day Collection and our Winter Holidays Collection! November Observances...
September Factoids

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September Factoids
September 1-30 Visit the Knowitall blog for helpful information on using Knowitall all through the month! September Observances (Month): Hispanic Heritage (September 15 - October 15) Hispanic Heritage...
June Factoids

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June Factoids
June 1-30 June is African American Music Appreciation Month The month of June provides a time to appreciate and celebrate African American musicians, composers, singers, and songwriters. This...
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SC Veterans in History, Part 4
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In this segment, a student asks why Francis Marion is called the Swamp Fox, and the answer is given that he was one of the first to use what we now know as guerilla tactics. He would hide in the swamp...
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SC Veterans in History, Part 1
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Veterans Day was originally celebrated on Armistice Day on November 11, 1918 to commemorate the ending of hostilities in World War I. The Armistice was signed by President Woodrow Wilson on the 11th...
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SC Veterans in History, Part 5
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In this segment, footage from the excavation of the Hunley is provided, and information about the salt water keeping the metal from corroding is given. Footage of the Hunley being raised is included...
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SC Veterans in History, Part 7
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In 2009, student filmmaker Morgan Adams created a film about the Doolittle Raiders for the National History Day Competition. After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States government asked...
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SC Veterans in History, Part 9
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In this segment, the Korean War and the Vietnam War are discussed. Korea was known as a police action, and 466 South Carolinians were killed in that conflict, and four received Medals of Honor. In...