The New Year Parade

New Year's Day

The New Year is an important festival celebrated by American states. Americans celebrate the New Year, and the most lively thing is the night before. It's Christmas Eve. People gather in churches, streets or squares, singing poems, praying, making wishes and confessing, waiting for the time to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

12 midnight, church bells rang all over the country, and the band played the famous nostalgic song "bon voyage". In the music, excited people embrace together and greet the New Year with farewell sadness and longing for a new life.

February

1, American President Lincoln

Lincoln's birthday.

Abraham lincoln was the leader of the American Civil War and made immortal contributions to the abolition of slavery. Its birthday, February 12, is now a legal anniversary in 26 states except the south.

2. Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day)

February 14 is a traditional western Valentine's Day, also known as "Valentine's Day", with a long history. The festival of faun in ancient Rome was a festival for lovers. On that day, young men and women gathered together and girls put their love information in the lottery. The young men drew lots in turn, and the girl who got the message became his lover.

3.washington's birthday.

As the founding father and the first president of the United States, George Washington will always be remembered by the American people. His birthday is February 22nd.

President's Day of the United States, officially known as Washington's birthday, commemorates the birthday of Washington, the first president of the United States (1February 22, 732), and the third Monday in February is the "President's Day" every year.

March

St. Patrick's Day

St Patrick's Day is on 65438 March, 2007, in memory of St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. This festival originated in Ireland at the end of the 5th century and was celebrated in the United States from 1737 to 17 in March.

April

1, April Fool's Day

April 1 day is April Fool's Day, a traditional folk festival in the West and the United States. April Fool's Day originated in France. 1564, France first adopted the newly reformed chronology, that is, the current Gregorian calendar, with 1 year 10 as the beginning of a year.

However, some conformists still stubbornly celebrate the New Year on April 1 day according to the old calendar. Those who advocate reform mocked these old things. April 1 Send them fake gifts, invite them to a fake wine party, and call the deceived conservatives "April Fools".

Since then, people fool each other every April 1, which has become a popular custom in France. /kloc-At the beginning of the 8th century, the custom of April Fool's Day spread to Britain, and was later brought to the United States by early British immigrants.

2, Easter (Easter, generally refers to the first Sunday after the full moon at the vernal equinox)

Easter is a Christian religious festival to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus. Every year after the vernal equinox, the first Sunday after the first full moon is Easter. The date is different every year, usually between March 22nd and April 25th.

May

1, Arbor Day (second Friday in May)

Arbor Day is a national holiday, and there is no unified date in the United States. But every April and May, every state in the United States organizes Arbor Day activities. For example, Rhode Island stipulates that the second Friday of May is Arbor Day, and there is a day off.

Other states have fixed dates, and some states decide the dates temporarily. Whenever this day comes, people from all walks of life, mainly students, will form a mighty army of tree planting and devote themselves to tree planting activities.

2. Mother's Day (the second Sunday in May)

Mother's Day in the United States began on May 1907, and the initiative to establish Mother's Day was put forward by anna jarvis in Philadelphia. She personally arranged ceremonies and organized activities in the church, requiring participants to wear white carnations on their chests.

This activity attracted a lot of people's attention and interest, and more churches organized the same activities in the second year. People unanimously decided to designate the second Sunday of May as Mother's Day every year.

3. Memorial Day (last Monday in May)

Memorial Day is a festival to be commemorated in most states of the United States, originally on May 30th.

197 1 year later, in order to ensure that all federal employees can enjoy this rest day, many States changed it to the last Monday in May.

June

1, Flag Day

Flag Day commemorates the Continental Congress's adoption of the first official flag of the United States on June 4, 777. At present, on this day, the American flag can be seen everywhere fluttering in the wind, and commemorative activities are held all over the country to show respect for the flag. ?

The first large-scale national flag commemoration in the United States was held in 1876 to celebrate the100th anniversary of the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC). 65438+ In the 1990s, many public schools proposed to hold national flag commemorative activities on June 14 every year, which was quickly and widely responded.

1893, Philadelphia first recognized June 14 as the national flag memorial day, 1897, and new york also recognized this festival, requiring all major buildings to hang the national flag on this day. After entering the 20th century, the American Flag Association launched a commemorative activity again. In response to their initiative, Congress officially confirmed June 1949 as American Flag Day.

2. Father's Day (the third Sunday in June)

While celebrating Mother's Day, people have not forgotten their father's achievements. 1909 suggested that Father's Day be determined. It is said that Mrs. John Dodd in Washington was the first person to make such a suggestion. Mrs. Dodd's mother died young, and his father shouldered the heavy responsibility of raising and educating his children alone.

July

Independence Day

Independence Day (National Day of the United States) falls on July 4th to commemorate the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4th. 1776.

September

Labor Day (the first Monday in September)

Labor Day is a national holiday in the United States. This is the first Monday in September, and we have a day off to show our respect for the workers.

October

1, Columbus Day

Columbus Day is the second Monday of 10, 12 or 10 to commemorate Columbus' first landing on the American continent in 1492.

2. Veterans Day (Veterans Day)

10 The fourth Monday in June is Veterans Day. This is a national holiday in the United States, paying tribute to the veterans of previous wars.

November

1, Halloween (Halloween)

Halloween is a traditional festival in the west. Halloween, that is, the night of June 65438+1October 3 1, is a good time for children to have fun. In the eyes of children, this is a festival full of mystery.

As night falls, the children can't wait to put on colorful costumes and strange masks and run out to play with "jack-o'-lantern".

"Jack-o 'lantern" looks very cute. The way is to hollow out the pumpkin, carve smiling eyes and a big mouth on the outside, and then put a candle in the pumpkin and light it, so that people can see this innocent smiling face from far away.

2. Thanksgiving Day

165438+ The fourth Thursday in October is Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving is an ancient festival created by the American people, and it is also a festival for Americans to reunite with their families, so Americans always feel very cordial when they mention Thanksgiving.

December

Christmas (Christmas)

65438+February 25th Christmas is the biggest and most lively holiday in America. It can be said that after Thanksgiving, Americans have been busy with Christmas.