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Just in case you were wondering how this all started. Believe it or not the first Father’s Day was celebrated in Spokane, Washington at the YMCA on June 19, 1909. It was founded by Sonora Smart Dodd. After hearing a sermon about Mother’s Day she told her pastor that there should be a day honoring fathers. Her father William Smart was a civil war veteran and a single parent raising his 6 children. While, Father’s Day continued to be celebrated it did not become a permanent national holiday until President Richard Nixon signed it into law in 1972 to be celebrated on the third Sunday in June.

In case you were wondering, April Fools’ Day also called All Fools Day has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures. Some historians speculate that April Fools’ Day dates back to 1582 when France switched from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar. People who were slow to get the news or failed to recognize that the start of the new year had moved to January 1st and continued to celebrate it during the last week of March through April 1st became the butt of jokes and hoaxes. These pranks included having paper fish placed on their backs and being referred to as “poisson d’avril” (April fish, to symbolize a young, easily caught fish and a gullible person.)

The Chinese New Year is February 5th – January 24, 2020 and this is the year of the Earth Pig. According to Chinese  astrology, 2019 is a great year to make money and a good year to invest. 2019  is going to be full of joy, a year of friendship and love for all the Chinese signs an auspicious year because the Pig attracts success in all the spheres of life.

Since our website went down a week or so ago all our previous articles are gone. It will take me awhile to reinvent our site.  I think you will like our new event section as it is easier to use.All our September events have been added.  Regarding our monthly newsletter I may decide to send them out only for special occasions or special events. Thank you for your support and your interest in Inquire Within