Memorial Day began after the Civil War, the deadliest conflict in U.S. history. The loss of many lives led to the establishment ofnational cemeteries.In the late 1860s, people started decorating the graves of fallen soldiers withflowers. One of the earliest observances is believed to have bee...
Memorial Day in the US began at the time of US Civil War when mourners decorated the graves of people who had fallen in battle. 阵亡将士纪念日开始于内战时期,当时的悼念者为人们的坟墓做装饰。(CNN Student English 5/26, 2020). 这里,fall (in battle) 指的是:die in battle,也就是战士阵亡...
The Veterans Day holiday began more than a century ago, albeit under a different name, as a celebration of the end of World War I. Over time its name and purpose evolved into a day of recognition forU.S. veteransofall warsas well as those currently serving in unifo...
As you’ve probably noticed, not every month starts on the same day. And the same is true of years: it would be simple, perhaps, if every new year began on the first Sunday of the first month, but that’s not how it works in practice. So to understand the exact number of working...
I went there as the meadow began to spring up. So many of those first mourners on 31 August 1997 were Arab women. They were wandering over on that hot late summer night from the ‘Little Beirut’ of Edgware Road and the smart apartment blocks of Knightsbridge. I recall...
Though the day began in 1889 as a commemoration of a labor strike in Chicago in 1886, it was later adopted by the international labor movement as a demonstration of working-class solidarity and advocacy for workers’ rights. In China, Labor Day first gained public attention in 1919, a pivota...
It's been more than a decade since the Philadelphia 76ers began their so-called "process" to tank-the-team, earn high draft picks, and set themselves up for a bright future. This strategy has now become the norm across sports, and for the Sixers' sake, it did yield them Joel Embiid...
Mother's Day in the United States actually began as a women's movement to better the lives of Americans. Its inspiring origins spring from two lifelong activists who championed efforts toward better health, welfare, and peace.
The title of the poem, “New Year’s Impromptu Verse”, means something casually recited. Mr Pu’s poem depicts a scene of family celebration of the Chinese New Year together. Accompanied by the sound of roosters’ cro...
Thompson took time to discuss“The Barn,”which began as a 2021 article in the Atlantic, and why he was compelled to return to the scene of a seminal American crime. Wright Thompson’s “The Barn” looks at the murder of Emmett Till from multiple perspectives – cultural, geographical...