Annie's
"Month of May" Page
"And the
Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in
drought, and make
fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and
like a spring of water, whose waters fail not."
~Isaiah 58:11~
April
showers Bring May
Flowers
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Mary, Mary quite
contrary how does your garden grow?
with cockle shells and little maids all in a row.
The Birds will come back and will
build their nests.
So grab your
binoculars and "Bird Watching" books.
May is one of the most
beautiful months of the year in the North Temperate Zone. The
snow and ice have
melted, and summer's intense heat has not yet begun. The first
garden crops begin to sprout in May. The trees
and grass are green, and wild plants are in bloom. Wild flowers
that blossom in different parts of the United
States include the jack-in-the-pulpit, anemone, hepatica,
forsythia, dogwood, and blue, yellow, and white violets.
Many birds have built their nests, and mother birds are sitting
on the eggs, which will soon hatch.
There are several stories about how the month of May was named.
The most widely accepted explanation is that it
was named for Maia, the Roman goddess of spring and growth. Her
name seems to be related to a Latin word that
means increase or growth. The ancient Romans held ceremonies in
Maia's honor on May 1 and again on May 15.
May customs - Even in ancient times, May
1 was a day for outdoor festivals. In Rome, May 1 fell at a time
that
was sacred to Flora, the goddess of flowers. The Romans
celebrated the day with flower-decked parades. The
English also observed many beautiful May
Day
customs. Maypoles were erected in village parks. On the morning
of
May 1, the village youths went to the woods and gathered
"mayflowers," or hawthorn blossoms, to decorate the
Maypole. The girls wore their prettiest dresses, each hoping that
she would be elected May queen. The
queen danced around the Maypole with her "subjects."
Special days - In most states of the
United States, the last Monday in May is observed as Memorial
Day,
or
Decoration Day. It is a legal holiday in memory of those who died
while serving the United States in war. The
graves of war heroes are decorated with flowers. Memorial Day was
first observed in 1866.
Two special days in May have been designated by Presidential
proclamations. Mother's Day, first observed in
1908, was recognized officially by Congress and the President in
1914. It is celebrated in honor of the nation's
mothers on the second Sunday in May. The third Saturday of the
month is Armed Forces Day, when the United
States honors the men and women of the military services. In
1950, the Armed Forces Day celebration combined
the Army, Navy, and Air Force tributes, which had been held at
separate times.
The Kentucky Derby, the most famous horse race in the United
States, takes place on the first Saturday
in May at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky.
Many Mexican Americans celebrate May 5, which they call Cinco de
Mayo. This day, a national holiday in Mexico,
is the anniversary of the Mexican victory over the French at
Puebla in 1862.
May symbols: The hawthorn and the lily
of the valley are considered the flowers for May.
The birthstone is the emerald.
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| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday |
| 1 Christian Family Week & May Day & 1776 - Illuminati Founded |
2 Rosh Chodesh Sivan |
3 Golda Meir's Birthday 1898 - 1978 & National Scrap Book Day & Teacher's Day |
4 Space Day |
5 National Day of Prayer & Cinco de Mayo & Liberation Day in The Netherlands & Halfway Point of Spring |
6 Nurse's Day  |
7 Tchaikovsky's Birthday 1840-1893 |
| 8 VE Day (1945) & Red Cross Day & Mother's Day |
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12 Florence Nightingale's Birthday |
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21 Armed Forces Day |
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30 Memorial Day Observed |
31 Walt Whitman's Birthday 1819-1892 |
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Christian
Events that were in May 2010 and June 2011:
June
11th, 2011 is Jesus Day. Find out What is Jesus Day?
June 11th, 2011 is also the March for Jesus
Both are Celebrated the Saturday before Pentecost Sunday each year
Penecost is June 12th, 2011
Global Day of Prayer! is a 10-day prayer event
that begins on Ascension
Day
on June 2nd, 2011
It continues on and ends on June 12th which is Pentecost 2011, and here is another link
for Global Day of Prayer
Check out Today in History by the History Channel
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