Martin Luther King, Jr. Day January 20th 2020
“I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. ... I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."
The above is only a part of the total speech. The whole speech can be seen on Utube, or you can find it on google. Such an important part of our history!
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 78th anniversary of the attack on the island of Oahu.
Click on the link above for more history on Pearl Harbor.
Trick or treat around the square in Montezuma.
Wednesday October 30th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Promoted by the Monte Community Boosters
Did you know?
- Veterans Day is a federal holiday observed annually on Nov. 11th, for honoring military veterans
- Veterans Day is celebrated to mark the end of WWI
- Major hostilities of WWI were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect
- At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954
Labor Day Facts:
Labor Day was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894 In the late 1800’s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven days a week in order to make a living Children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines, earning a fraction of their adult counterpart’s wages Labor Day pays tribute to the contribution and achievements of American workers and is traditio...
