Summer Solstice is the day in a year when the Sun reaches its northernmost point in the planet Earth’s sky. June 21, 2011 – the date this year traditionally marks a change of seasons – from spring to summer in Earth’s Northern Hemisphere and from fall to winter in Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. Summer solstice...
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Palm Sunday is a Christian feast that marks the beginning of Holy Week and commemorates Jesus’ triumphant return to the city of Jerusalem. In 2011, Palm Sunday will be celebrated on April 17. the traditions of Palm Sunday are largely based on the description from the Gospel of John. By waving him with palm...
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FORT SUMTER NATIONAL MONUMENT – The opening salvo of the American Civil War will be recreated in the harbor of Charleston, S.C., as part of events marking this week’s 150th anniversary of the start of the conflict. From Fort Sumter, the gun’s target out in the harbor, and from points ashore, people watched the...
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March 20, 2011 marks the vernal equinox, and what many people in the Northern Hemisphere particularly the U.S. refer to as the first day of spring. The name “equinox” is derived from the Latin aequus (equal) and nox (night), because around the equinox, the night and day have approximately equal length. Although the word...
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Rodney King, 20 years ago Thursday, when George Holliday awoke to the sounds of police sirens outside his Lake View Terrace apartment. Grabbing his clunky Sony Handycam, he stepped out on his balcony and changed the Los Angeles Police Department forever. The nine minutes of grainy video footage he captured of Los Angeles police...
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