Holidays and Heroes

By: Sheryl Leavell

 Overview:
- Cultural Holidays
- Why People Celebrate Them
- Christmas
- Kwanzaa
- Chinese New Year
- Rosh Hashanah
- Ramadan
- Memorial Day
- Veteran’s Day
- Independence Day
- President’s Day
- Vocabulary Words
Cultural Holidays and Why People Celebrate Them:

● Holidays are one way people share their

cultures
● It is a time to celebrate a special event, or
person
● Individuals celebrate ideas and people that are
important to them
● Cultural holidays help people celebrate their
history or way of life
Christmas
The annual Christian
festival celebrating
Christ's birth.
Date: December 25
 Kwanzaa
is an annual celebration
of African-American
culture and history

Date: December 26 to January 1

Chinese New
Year
is the Chinese festival
that celebrates the
beginning of a new year
on the traditional
Chinese calendar

Date: Friday, February 12, 2021

Rosh Hashanah
"head [of] the year"

is the Jewish New Year

celebrated annually
Date: Mon, Sep 6, 2021 – Wed, Sep 8, 2021
Ramadan
is the ninth month of the
Islamic calendar, observed
by Muslims worldwide as a
month of fasting, prayer,
reflection and community

Date: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 –

Tue, May 11, 2021
Number of days: 30
 Memorial Day
is a federal holiday in the United
States for honoring and mourning
the military personnel who have died
while serving in the United States
Armed Forces

Date: observed on the last Monday of May

 Veteran’s
Day
is a federal holiday in the United
States observed annually on
November 11, for honoring
military veterans, who are
people who have served in the
United States Armed Forces

Date: November 11
Independence Day
is an annual celebration of
nationhood in the United States.
Declaration of Independence was
adopted on July 4, 1776

Date: July 4
President’s
Day
“Washington’s Birthday”

Honoring all the past and

present U.S. presidents

Date: Third Monday of

February
George Washington

Abraham Lincoln
Vocabulary Words:

Holiday - a religious or national celebration.

Principle - a basic truth or the source or origin of something or someone.

Culture - the customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group.

Honor - high respect; great esteem.

Liberty - the state of being free within society.

Patriotism - is the feeling of love, devotion, and sense of attachment to a homeland.

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