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March 26th, 2008

March 26 is Prince Kuhio Day in Hawaii. The day commemorates the birth of Jonah Kuhio Kalaniana’ole in 1871. Kuho was prince to the throne of Hawaii when the island nation was overthrown by American residents in 1893.
Kuhio was imprisonned after the uprising. Upon his release, he traveled throughout the world in a sort of […]

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March 5th, 2008

Alamo Day

March 6 is Alamo Day in San Antonio, Texas. This day commemorates the 13-day sieze that ended on March 6, 1836. It was at this battle that 200 Texans held out at the Alamo Mission against the larger and better-supplied Mexican army under General Santa Anna. Over 150 men were killed on March 6, […]

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March 2nd, 2008

Texas Independence Day

March 2 is Independence Day in Texas. This marks the day in 1836 when the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed at Washington-on-Brazos, a small town about halfway between presentday Austin and Houston.
At the time the Declaration was signed, Texan freedom fighters were under seige by the Mexican army under General Santa Anna at the […]

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February 12th, 2008

Georgia Day

February 12 is Georgia Day in the “Peach State.” The day is the anniversary of the arrival of the first European colonists in what is now Savannah in 1733, led by James Oglethorpe on the HMS Anne.
The day is marked by parades, festivals, and reenactments.
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