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History… In the original Roman
calendar, November was
the 9th month of the
year. It got its name from
the Latin word "novem"
which means nine. It
became the eleventh month when the Romans
added January & February to the start of the year.
Throughout much of history, November has been
thought of as a somber month because it
signaled the coming of colder weather & people
would spend the month storing up their harvest &
preparing their food & homes to survive the
winter.
Symbols of November… Birthstone: Topaz & Citrine
Flower: Chrysanthemum
Zodiac Signs: Scorpio & Sagittarius
November Days &
Dates…
11/3 .. National Cliché Day
11/5 .. Daylight Savings Time Ends
11/7 .. Election Day
11/11 .. Veterans Day
11/23 .. Thanksgiving
11/24 .. Black Friday
11/27 .. Cyber Monday
11/28 .. French Toast Day
November Is… • Aviation History Month
• National Stamp
Collecting Month
• National Peanut Butter
Lover’s Month
• Native American Heritage
Month
• National Diabetes Awareness
Month
It was at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918 that a temporary peace, or armistice, was signed & the fighting during World War I
came to an end.
A year later, President Woodrow Wilson announced that November 11th would be
called Armistice Day in the United States. In 1938, Armistice Day became a national
federal holiday. It was a day dedicated to world peace & held in honor of the veterans of
World War I.
In 1954, Congress decided to change the day to Veteran's Day because they wanted to honor the veterans of all wars, including
World War II & the Korean War.
In 1968, the day was moved to the 4th Monday of November. However, it was changed back to November 11th in 1978 by
President Gerald Ford.
If you see a veteran or soldier on Veterans Day, be sure to thank them personally for
their service to our country!
AMERICA RECYCLES DAY - Nov 15th
Recycling is something we can all do 365 days a year to save energy, conserve natural resources & create green jobs.
Recycling is a multibillion dollar industry that employs millions of Americans & helps advance our clean energy economy.
Our national recycling rate of 34 percent annually - - Saves the energy equivalent of nearly 229 million barrels of crude oil or nearly 20 days of all U.S. oil imports. - Avoids greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing more than 36 million cars from the road each year.
HELP THE EARTH! RECYCLE TODAY!
"If you love French Toast & you love Peanut Butter, why not
combine them into one easy, delish recipe? In honor of
National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month & National French
Toast Day (Nov 28th)!"
Ingredients
• 1/2 cup milk
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 2 tablespoons white sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 slices bread
Directions
1. Whisk together milk, eggs, peanut butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a large bowl. 2. Heat the oil in a griddle or frying pan over medium heat. 3. Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Serve hot.
Jessica MacArthur - www.allrecipes.com
What did the turkey say to the computer?
“Google, google, google.”
Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall down?
Because they wear their belt buckles on their hats!
What did the turkey say to the hunter on Thanksgiving
Day?
“Quack! Quack!”
Why did the farmer have to separate the chicken and the
turkey?
Because he sensed fowl play.
A man buys a parrot, only to have it constantly insult him.
He tries everything to make the parrot stop, but nothing
works. Frustrated, the man puts the parrot in the freezer.
After a few minutes the insults stop, so
he opens the freezer and takes the
parrot out. The parrot is shivering. It
stammers, “S-s-sorry for being r-r-rude.
Please f-f-forgive me.” Then, after a
moment, the parrot softly asks,
“W-w-what exactly d-d-did the turkey
do?”
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a
present and not giving it.”
- William Arthur Ward
Credit for Daylight Saving Time belongs to Benjamin
Franklin, who first suggested the idea in 1784.
The idea was revived in 1907, when William
Willett, an Englishman, proposed a similar sys-
tem in the pamphlet “The Waste of Daylight”.
The Germans were the first to officially adopt the
light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel-saving
measure during World War I. The British
switched one year later, and the United States
followed in 1918, when Congress passed the
Standard Time Act, which established our time
zones.
This experiment lasted only
until 1920, when the law
was repealed due to
opposition from dairy farmers (cows don’t
pay attention to clocks). During World War
II, Daylight
Saving Time was imposed once again (this
time year-round) to save fuel. Since then,
Daylight Saving Time has been used on
and off, with different start and end dates.
Currently, Daylight Saving Time begins at
2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday of March
and ends at 2:00 A.M. on the first
Sunday in November.