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History… In the original Roman

calendar, November was

the 9th month of the

year. It got its name from

the Latin word "novem"

which means nine. It

became the eleventh month when the Romans

added January & February to the start of the year.

Throughout much of history, November has been

thought of as a somber month because it

signaled the coming of colder weather & people

would spend the month storing up their harvest &

preparing their food & homes to survive the

winter.

Symbols of November… Birthstone: Topaz & Citrine

Flower: Chrysanthemum

Zodiac Signs: Scorpio & Sagittarius

November Days &

Dates…

11/3 .. National Cliché Day

11/5 .. Daylight Savings Time Ends

11/7 .. Election Day

11/11 .. Veterans Day

11/23 .. Thanksgiving

11/24 .. Black Friday

11/27 .. Cyber Monday

11/28 .. French Toast Day

November Is… • Aviation History Month

• National Stamp

Collecting Month

• National Peanut Butter

Lover’s Month

• Native American Heritage

Month

• National Diabetes Awareness

Month

It was at 11:00 AM on November 11, 1918 that a temporary peace, or armistice, was signed & the fighting during World War I

came to an end.

A year later, President Woodrow Wilson announced that November 11th would be

called Armistice Day in the United States. In 1938, Armistice Day became a national

federal holiday. It was a day dedicated to world peace & held in honor of the veterans of

World War I.

In 1954, Congress decided to change the day to Veteran's Day because they wanted to honor the veterans of all wars, including

World War II & the Korean War.

In 1968, the day was moved to the 4th Monday of November. However, it was changed back to November 11th in 1978 by

President Gerald Ford.

If you see a veteran or soldier on Veterans Day, be sure to thank them personally for

their service to our country!

AMERICA RECYCLES DAY - Nov 15th

Recycling is something we can all do 365 days a year to save energy, conserve natural resources & create green jobs.

Recycling is a multibillion dollar industry that employs millions of Americans & helps advance our clean energy economy.

Our national recycling rate of 34 percent annually - - Saves the energy equivalent of nearly 229 million barrels of crude oil or nearly 20 days of all U.S. oil imports. - Avoids greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to removing more than 36 million cars from the road each year.

HELP THE EARTH! RECYCLE TODAY!

"If you love French Toast & you love Peanut Butter, why not

combine them into one easy, delish recipe? In honor of

National Peanut Butter Lover’s Month & National French

Toast Day (Nov 28th)!"

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup milk

• 3 eggs

• 1/4 cup peanut butter

• 2 tablespoons white sugar

• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)

• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon

• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil

• 4 slices bread

Directions

1. Whisk together milk, eggs, peanut butter, sugar, vanilla extract, and cinnamon in a large bowl. 2. Heat the oil in a griddle or frying pan over medium heat. 3. Dunk each slice of bread in egg mixture, soaking both sides. Place in pan, and cook on both sides until golden, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Serve hot.

Jessica MacArthur - www.allrecipes.com

What did the turkey say to the computer?

“Google, google, google.”

Why do pilgrims’ pants always fall down?

Because they wear their belt buckles on their hats!

What did the turkey say to the hunter on Thanksgiving

Day?

“Quack! Quack!”

Why did the farmer have to separate the chicken and the

turkey?

Because he sensed fowl play.

A man buys a parrot, only to have it constantly insult him.

He tries everything to make the parrot stop, but nothing

works. Frustrated, the man puts the parrot in the freezer.

After a few minutes the insults stop, so

he opens the freezer and takes the

parrot out. The parrot is shivering. It

stammers, “S-s-sorry for being r-r-rude.

Please f-f-forgive me.” Then, after a

moment, the parrot softly asks,

“W-w-what exactly d-d-did the turkey

do?”

“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a

present and not giving it.”

- William Arthur Ward

Credit for Daylight Saving Time belongs to Benjamin

Franklin, who first suggested the idea in 1784.

The idea was revived in 1907, when William

Willett, an Englishman, proposed a similar sys-

tem in the pamphlet “The Waste of Daylight”.

The Germans were the first to officially adopt the

light-extending system in 1915 as a fuel-saving

measure during World War I. The British

switched one year later, and the United States

followed in 1918, when Congress passed the

Standard Time Act, which established our time

zones.

This experiment lasted only

until 1920, when the law

was repealed due to

opposition from dairy farmers (cows don’t

pay attention to clocks). During World War

II, Daylight

Saving Time was imposed once again (this

time year-round) to save fuel. Since then,

Daylight Saving Time has been used on

and off, with different start and end dates.

Currently, Daylight Saving Time begins at

2:00 A.M. on the second Sunday of March

and ends at 2:00 A.M. on the first

Sunday in November.