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Category Archives: Recognition Day
National Signing Day
National Signing Day has traditionally been the first day that a high school senior can sign a binding National Letter of Intent for a collegiate sport with an NCAA school. This isn’t the big deal it used to be; a … Continue reading
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Tagged College, Football, Interviews, Recognition Day, USC
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National Cancer Day
Everyone has a cancer story. They’ve had it (check, but hooray only basal cell skin cancer); they know someone who had it (check, check); they know someone who died of it (check, check, check). There’s nothing I can say that … Continue reading
National Golden Retriever Day
I was introduced to golden retrievers when I was 4 years old. We already had an Irish setter, Anjin, and my mom brought home a puppy friend for him that she named Tasha. She wasn’t even full grown when she … Continue reading
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Tagged Dog Training, Dogs, Golden Retrievers, Pets, Recognition Day
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National Catchers Day
Today is National Catchers Day, started in 2019 thanks to some guy named Xan Barksdale who has clearly made a career of something he loves. Speaking as someone else who managed to pull that off, it’s nice when it happens. … Continue reading
National Freedom Day
National Freedom Day kicks off Black History month, but it honors action by a bunch of white guys: On February 1, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln signed a joint House and Senate resolution abolishing slavery that later was ratified by the … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation, History, Recognition Day, Slavery
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