James Monroe's Birthday

James Madison was the Fifth President of the United States.  He served two terms from 1817 to 1825.  He was from Virginia and fought in the Revolutionary War.  He died of Heart Failure and Tuberculosis in New York in 1831.

Coretta Scott King Birthday

Coretta cott King was born April 27 1927 in Alabama.  Her parents owned a farm and during the great depression she helped to pick cotton.  He owned a barber shop and a lumber mill.  She attended Antioch College and then won a scholarship to The New England Conservatory of Music.  She married Martin Luther King in 1953.  She had a large part in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950's and 60's and continued to fight for civil rights after Martin's death and even up until her own in the the ear 2006.

National High Five day

Sleets grew up in Campbellsburg, KY and starred on the basketball team at Eminence High School. When he was young, his father, Lamont Sleets, Sr. would frequently entertain visits from his old army buddies. Sleets Sr. served in Vietnam, in the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry regiment. "It was the Bobcat division," Mont said, "but my dad and his friends always called it 'The Five.'" Sleets Sr. and his army friends started an informal greeting between them while serving in Vietnam. It consisted of extending their arm straight up in the air with all five fingers parted and saying the name of their division: "Five." Sleets thinks that when he was around 2 or three years old, it was only natural to want to emulate the old army men that gathered in his house. Since it was tough for a youngster to keep track of all the different names of the visitors, the saying of "Five" became young Mont Sleets' universal salutation for his fathers friends. Sleets recalls the story with the weariness of anybody recounting the family stories they heard over and over while growing up, but not without telltale signs of enthusiasm throughout: "They'd walk in the door, and a three year old kid, he doesn't know the difference between all these grown-ups. But they're all sayin' 'Five' with their hand up like this, so I just start saying to them, 'Hi, Five!' like it was their name."

Sleets Sr. and his friends found Mont's desire to emulate them charming and would often kneel down on the ground so little Mont could return the salutation to them as well. Mont would hold his hand up and say "Hi Five!" back. "And when you're a little kid, you're curious," said Sleets. "You see all these old veterans, and their hands are so much bigger than yours, and you want to put your hand up and compare it to them." From there, the gesture simply evolved over time. As Mont got older, he of course learned the proper names of his father's visitors. But his childhood greeting of a hand held high and a "Hi, Five!" had stuck. Though he stopped wanting to compare hands with his dad's friends, teenage Mont remained willing to give their hands a quick tap with his own.

children with alopecia

Alopecia areata (AA) is a condition affecting humans, in which hair is lost from some or all areas of the body, usually from the scalp.[1][2] Because it causes bald spots on the scalp, especially in the first stages, it is sometimes called spot baldness. In 1%–2% of cases, the condition can spread to the entire scalp (Alopecia totalis) or to the entire epidermis (Alopecia universalis). Conditions resembling AA, and having a similar cause, occur also in other species.[3]

thomas Jefferson's Birthday

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)[2] was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776), and—for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States—one of the most influential Founding Fathers. Jefferson envisioned America as the force behind a great "Empire of Liberty"[3] that would promote republicanism and counter the imperialism of the British Empire.
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National Licorice Day

Licorice comes from a plant and has been used for thousands of years fo both it's flavor and healing quality. Twizzlers candy is the most well known Licorice Candy in the United States, but the largest Licorice manufacturer is Licorice International. Licorice International, the #1 source for licorice in the United States, offers more than 160 types of licorice from 14 countries. my favorite licorice candy is Good and plentys.

Friday

I like Friday because it is family movie night. It also kicks off the weekend. Friday is fun because everybod
y knows that at 6:o0 it is time o drop work and pick up the fun. I love a good Friday.

International Beaver Day

Beaver Day is celebrated today because it is the birth of Dorothy Richards who studied beavers for 50 years. They build dams and their wetlands are great for storing co2. Beavers are rodents and have incredible aquatic abilities. They can stay underwater for 15 minutes. The can live to be 25 years old in the wild.