2. RemembRance/VeteRan’s
Day
• Observed: Nov. 11th
• Also known as: “Poppy
Day” or “Armistice Day”
• It is used to remember
soldiers and military
• First observed in 1920
after WWI
• Poppies are often worn
over the heart
– From the poem, “In
Flanders Fields”
3. Movember
• An annual event in which men
grow moustaches during the
month of November to raise
awareness of Testicular Cancer
• “Change the face of men’s
health”
• Began in Australia & New
Zealand
• Canadians have most
participants
– 2011: $36.9 Million Dollars &
199,000 Participants
• Also No-Shave November (not
for charity)
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTuKOgHI7GA
4. Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving is celebrated
on the 4th Thursday in
November in the US, and
the 2nd Monday of
October in Canada
• The purpose is to
celebrate life and to be
grateful for all the good
things in life that we
experience
• People remember what
they are thankful for
5. History of Thanksgiving
• 1st celebrated in the US in
1621
• Feast between the Pilgrims
and the Wampanoag Indians
to celebrate the harvest
– The Pilgrims were a group of
English Puritans who traveled
to the Americas to find
religious freedom
• Many Pilgrims died of
starvation and sickness during
the first winter
• The spring after their arrival,
the Native Americans decided
to teach them to survive…
• Later that year, the Pilgrims
said thank you to God & their
neighbors for their survival
7. Thanksgiving Traditions
Today
• Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
• American Football
• The “Day After Thanksgiving” is the official
start to the Christmas season
