Sunday, August 21, 2016

Weekly Genealogy Picks and Calendar

Highlights from news stories and blog posts I have read in the past week that deal with my overlapping interests in Genealogy, History, Heritage, and Technology.
Upcoming holidays - religious and secular, national and international - for the next two weeks
  • August 22
    • Flag Day (Russia)
  • August 23
    • European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism
    • International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
  • August 25
    • Krishna Janmashtami (Hindu)
    • Liberation Day (France)
  • August 28
    • Women's Equality Day (USA)
    • National Grandparents Day (Mexico)
    • Feast of the Mother of God (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • August 29
    • Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Christian)
    • International Day Against Nuclear Tests
  • August 31
    • Day of Solidarity and Freedom (Poland)
  • September 1
    • Ecclesiastical Year Begins (Orthodox Christian)
  • September 2
    • VJ Day (US)
  • September 3
    • Flag Day (Australia)
    • VJ Day (Republic of China)

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