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28 09, 2017

Early Cheyenne history – Native Americans

By |2019-08-22T23:49:48-07:00September 28th, 2017|North America|Comments Off on Early Cheyenne history – Native Americans

Cheyenne history: For a long time, Cheyenne people lived in Minnesota, along rivers like this one. Algonquin and Cheyenne Cheyenne people are related to the Algonquin people. From the Paleo-Indian period onward Cheyenne people [...]

14 08, 2017

History of Valentine’s Day – American holidays

By |2021-01-19T10:07:22-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on History of Valentine’s Day – American holidays

A Valentine from Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife in 1415 AD The Roman Lupercalia The earliest holiday that might conceivably have something to do with Valentine's Day is [...]

14 08, 2017

Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

By |2019-11-18T07:50:21-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

Sarah Hale, who made Thanksgiving a national holiday Thanksgiving in the 1700s In the 1700s, most of the thirteen colonies had public Thanksgiving feasts at least once a year. Sometimes people held them more than [...]

14 08, 2017

Quakers – Society of Friends – Religion

By |2017-08-14T23:37:27-07:00August 14th, 2017|Modern Europe, North America, Religion|Comments Off on Quakers – Society of Friends – Religion

A Quaker wedding (1800s in England) In 1648 AD, some people in England felt unhappy with the way Puritan Christians were praying to God. So they started to do things their own way. [...]

14 08, 2017

Puritans – American religion

By |2017-08-14T15:33:52-07:00August 14th, 2017|Modern Europe, North America, Religion|Comments Off on Puritans – American religion

A Puritan family about 1563 About 1563 AD, some people in England decided that they wanted to follow a way of life that they thought would be more according to what the Christian God wanted. [...]

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