GENERAL/MIXED/MISC.
Fun
With Franklin (experiments for celebrating
Benjamin Franklin's birthday) - The Electric
Franklin
I Heart Texas (Texas Independence Day recipes: venison chili; chewy chocolate cherry cayenne cookies) - In Sock Monkey Slippers
Independence Day / Fourth
Of July
Election
Cake (for Election
Day) - Catholic Culture (Also see the frosting recipe.)
Flag
Day (displaying the flag in a parade, at an unveiling,
at half-staff...) - HomeOfHeroes.com
Grandparents
Day Vase - Very Best Kids
Kwanzaa
Labor Day
Mardi Gras
Memorial Day
Super Bowl
Sunday / Football Parties
Thanksgiving
Throw
a Thoroughbred Kentucky Derby Party (mint julep,
run for the roses pie, Kentucky hot brown...) - All
Recipes
ARBOR
DAY
Arbor
Day (craft ideas) - Perpetual Preschool
Arbor
Day Crafts - EnchantedLearning.com
How
To Celebrate Arbor Day - The National Arbor
Day Foundation
Let's
Plant A Tree (tree siting,
identifying incorrectly sited trees, planting sapling...)
- Kids For Trees
ELVIS DAY (ELVIS'S BIRTHDAY & ELVIS MEMORIAL DAY)
Celebrating Elvis' Birthday: Tiny Elvis Finger Sandwiches - Kit Pollard
Elvis (Scroll down for recipes: ham bone dumplings, Delilah's buttermilk biscuits, fool's gold loaf, blue suede choux...) - More Mail From Mary
Elvis Burger With Chopped Salad & Pickled Gherkin - Jamie Oliver
Elvis Cake - Foodaphilia
Elvis Cake Truffles - Foodaphilia
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Elvis'
Favorite Dishes (ham bone dumplings,
peanut butter & banana sandwich, baked apple & sweet
potato
pudding) - Net Glimse
Elvis'
Favorite Peanut Butter Sandwich - Robi Haferkamp
Elvis
Presley Favorites (peanut
butter & banana sandwich, ham bone dumplings, apple
& sweet
potato pudding) - About.com
Elvis Presley's Grilled Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich - The Splendid Table
Elvis Presley's Thank Ya Very Munch Banana Bread - Allyson's Kitchen
Hunk Of Burning Love (The Elvis Cupcake) - What Did You Eat?
Mini-Elvis Bacon Cupcakes For Fat Tuesday - Lori Writer
JUNETEENTH
Happy Juneteenth! (PDF: turnip green casserole, barbecued brisket, catfish parmesan, fried okra...) - Cathy Harrison, CRD Dietician
How To Celebrate - Juneteenth.com
Junteenth Celebrations (red velvet cake recipe) - Mikala Woodward
Juneteenth Day Jelly Cake - Diana's Desserts
Juneteenth:
Emancipation Day (diabetic recipes: sweet potato biscuits,
fried green tomatoes, jelly cake...) - Cinnamon Hearts
Juneteenth: June 19th (strawberry soda recipe) - Holiday For Everyday
Juneteenth
Sweet Potato Pie - Kansas City, Kansas Public Library
Juneteenth: The Other Independence Day (barbequed veal roast) - Catherine Lambrecht
Juneteenth:
The Taste of Freedom (gingerbread recipe) - NPR
Planning A Juneteenth Party - Super 1 Foods
Red Velvet Cake (and hibiscus tea punch) - B. Smith With Style
LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY
Abe Lincoln's Log Cabin (made from snacks) - Very
Best Kids
Age Of Lincoln Almond-Streusel Bundt Cake With Coffee Glaze - Bon Appétit
Barack Obama's Inauguration Day Lunch Menu (A tribute to the favorite foods of Abraham Lincoln: seafood stew, duck breast with cherry chutney, molasses whipped sweet potatoes, winter vegetables...) - Design Cuisine
Lincoln
Hat Craft - EnchantedLearning.com
Lincoln
Penny Pendant - EnchantedLearning.com
Mary Todd Lincoln's White Cake - Kim O'Donnel & Janis Cooke Newman
MARTIN LUTHER KING
JR. DAY
A
Box Of Crayons (diversity
activity/craft) - KinderArt
Award
A Peace Prize - Very Best Kids
Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Activities for English
Language Learners (activity/crafts: black & white
collage, role models & heros, milk carton buses...)
- The Holiday Zone
Five
Ways to Celebrate Dr. King's Birthday with Kids
(multicultural banquet, skin tone
decorations, walking for a cause...) - Familyeducation.com
Freedom
Bell - The Idea Box
How
To Serve - MLK Day Of Service
I Have a Dream Early Reader Book to Print (Scroll down: Children add their own dreams & how to achieve them) - Enchanted Learning
"I
have a dream" Craft - The Idea Box
"I have a dream" Book - Very Best Kids
MLK
Day (Activities, crafts, snacks) - The Perpetual
Preschool
Project Tips - MLK Day Of
Service
PRESIDENTS'
DAY
Activities
and Crafts for Presidents Day (Tree of Presidents,
patriotic pebble, little log cabin...) - EnchantedLearning.com
Honoring Our Presidents (presidential pins, Abe Lincoln's stovepipe hat) - Very Best Kids
Presidential Recipes (Jimmy Carter's peanut butter pie, Rachel Jackson's burnt custard, Ronald Reagan's rancho California rice, Frances Cleveland's white cake...) - Cheddar Bay
President's
Day (recipes, activities) - Alphabet Soup
President's
Day (stuffed acorn squash, spoon bread, maple pork
chops...) - WhatToCook.com
TALK LIKE A PIRATE
DAY
How
To Talk Like A Pirate - FamilyFun
How To Talk Like A Pirate (for adults, video) - Loading.Ready.Run
How To Talk Like A Pirate - The Official British Headquarters
For International Talk Like A Pirate Day
Make A Jack Sparrow Costume - Knowledge Hound
Why Talk Like A Pirate, And How (for adults only!) - The Original Talk Like A Pirate Day Site
VETERAN'S
DAY
As American As Budae Jjigae (Army Base Stew) - ZenKimchi
Chow Down: How Veterans Survived The Mess Halls (Eat like a soldier in the field: WWII creamed chipped beef, Korean War baked luncheon meat with mustard sauce, Vietnam War baked bean sandwiches, Civil War hardtack...) - Jane P. Marshall & Paul Dickson
How To
Participate (Help collect & preserve stories of wartime
experiences.) - Veterans
History Project
Make
A Difference On Veteran's Day - Knowledge Hound
Veteran's
Day Crafts, Projects, and Printouts - KinderCraft
Veterans Day Menu (peach/mango salsa over pork loin, roasted potato/onion wedges, roasted vegetables, bing cherry crisp...) - Michael Ringer
Veterans Day: Spam Potato Soup - Kieto Valentino
WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY
Celebrating
George Washington (lesson
plan ideas) - About.com
George
Washington Birthday Bread - Fleischmann's
Yeast
Mount Vernon Celebrates Martha Washington’s 274th Birthday (Martha's cake recipe) - Mount Vernon
Washington's
Birthday (cherry soup, baked corn & vegetables,
deep plum pie...) - WhatToCook.com
