Interesting Things to Know
November 2018 calendar: Looking for something to do or visit?
AMERICAN DIABETES MONTH.
AVIATION HISTORY MONTH.
LUNG CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
NATIONAL ADOPTION MONTH.
NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH.
NATIONAL LONG-TERM CARE AWARENESS MONTH.
NATIONAL NATIVE-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH.
DIABETIC EYE DISEASE MONTH.
1, ALL HALLOWS OR ALL SAINTS DAY.
1-2, MEXICO: DAY OF THE DEAD.
2, ALL SOULS’ DAY.
2-4, NATIONAL FARM TOY SHOW. Dyersville, IA., Web: www.toyfarmer.com.
3-4, BAYOU BACCHANAL. New Orleans, LA. A Caribbean festival. Web: bayoubacchanal.org.
3, NATIONAL BISON DAY. A celebration of the American bison, the official U.S. national mammal. Annually, the first Saturday in November.
3, PUMPKIN DESTRUCTION DAY. The Rock Ranch, The Rock, GA. Recycle their leftover Halloween jack-o’-lanterns Web: therockranch.com.
3, TERLINGUA INTERNATIONAL CHILI CHAMPIONSHIP. 52nd annual. Rancho CASI de los Chisos, Terlingua, TX. Web: abowlofred.com
3, VERBOORT SAUSAGE AND KRAUT DINNER. Visitation Parish, Forest Grove, OR. Web: verboort.org/dinner.
4, DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME ENDS; STANDARD TIME RESUMES. Nov 4-Mar 10, 2019. Standard time resumes at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November in each time zone, as provided by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (as amended in 1986 by Public Law 99-359). The Energy Policy Act of 2005 extended the period of daylight saving time beginning in 2007.
5, ENGLAND: GUY FAWKES DAY. United Kingdom. Anniversary of the “Gunpowder Plot” to blow up the Houses of Parliament and King James I, Nov 5, 1605.
6, GENERAL ELECTION DAY.
7-11, INDIA: DIWALI (DEEPAVALI). Diwali, five-day festival of lights. Celebrates the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after a 14-year exile.
7, ISRAEL: SIGD. Ethiopian Jewish observance 50 days after Yom Kippur.
9-11, SALT LAKE’S FAMILY CHRISTMAS GIFT SHOW. Sandy, UT. Web: familychristmasgiftshow.com.
11, ENGLAND: REMEMBRANCE DAY. Cenotaph, Whitehall, London.
11, VETERANS DAY. *Designated Holiday Monday, Nov. 12.
12-16, AMERICAN EDUCATION WEEK.
15, AMERICA RECYCLES DAY.
15, GREAT AMERICAN SMOKEOUT.
16-18, HOLIDAY FOLK FAIR INTERNATIONAL. Wisconsin State Fair Park, Milwaukee, WI. Web: folkfair.org.
16-Jan. 6, 2019, HOLIDAY LIGHTS ON THE LAKE. Lakemont Park, Altoona, PA. Web: lakemontparkfun.com.
18, REMEMBRANCE DAY PARADE AND CEREMONIES. Gettysburg, PA. In conjunction with the Gettysburg Address Anniversary, with a parade of Civil War Living History to the Soldiers’ National Cemetery. Web: destinationgettysburg.com.
18, ALASCATTALO DAY. Anchorage, AK. To honor humor in general and Alaskan humor in particular. Event is named after “alascattalo,” said to be the genetic cross between a moose and a walrus.
18-24, NATIONAL FAMILY WEEK.
18-24, NATIONAL BIBLE WEEK. Since 1941. Web: nationalbible.org.
22, AMERICA’S THANKSGIVING PARADE. Detroit, MI. Web: theparade.org.
22-24, FOODS AND FEASTS OF COLONIAL VIRGINIA. Jamestown Settlement, Williamsburg, VA, and American Revolution Museum at Yorktown. Web: historyisfun.org.
22, MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE. New York, NY. 92nd annual. Central Park West. Web: social.macys.com/parade.
22, THANKSGIVING DAY.
23, BLACK FRIDAY.
23-DEC. 24, ST. CHARLES CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS. St. Charles, MO. Web:stcharleschristmas.com.
23-DEC. 23, LANTERN LIGHT TOURS. Mystic, CT. Web: mysticseaport.org.
23, NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE DAY.
23, WAIKIKI HOLIDAY PARADE. Waikiki, HI. Web: waikikiholidayparade.com.
26-Dec 22, GERMANY: FRANKFURT CHRISTMAS MARKET.
26, CYBER MONDAY. Beginning of the online Christmas shopping season.
28, ROCKEFELLER CENTER CHRISTMAS TREE: ANNUAL LIGHTING. New York, NY.
28-DEC. 2, HOLIDAY ALE FESTIVAL. Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland, OR. Web: holidayale.com.
24-DEC 31, CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGES. Van Buren County, IA. Web: villagesofvanburen.com.
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