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Newspaper headlines about Halloween precautions, 1918

It’s Hard to Enforce Pandemic Health Rules on Halloween. Just Look at What Happened in 1918

The cancellation of costume parties and street celebrations makes Halloween...

The cancellation of costume parties and street celebrations makes Halloween 2020 eerily similar to an earlier celebration: Halloween 1918

Chi Oriji leads a group in dance during the Juneteenth MusicFest and Parade, recognizing the end of slavery in America in Philadelphia on June 23, 2018.

Activists Are Pushing to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday. Here’s the History Behind Their Fight

In the mid-20th century, amid a widespread push to raise awareness of Black...

In the mid-20th century, amid a widespread push to raise awareness of Black history, many felt that the American calendar ought to reflect that past too

An April 1865 photo of the graves of Union soldiers buried at the race course-turned-Confederate-prison where historians believe the earliest Memorial Day ceremony took place.

The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise ...

Historians like the Pulitzer Prize winner David Blight have tried to raise awareness of freed slaves who decorated soldiers' graves in 1865

Nandgaon, India, 05/03/2020. Hindu devotees play with colored powders at Radharani Temple of Nandgaon in Mathura during the festival of Holi —Photo by Avishek Das/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Here's Everything You Need to Know About Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors

Holi has come to symbolize the vivid, colorful joy of Indian festivals

104-Year-Old WWII Veteran Is Asking People to Send Him Valentines

"I'll save every one of them"

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 08: Don Lemon attends the 13th Annual CNN Heroes at the American Museum of Natural History on December 08, 2019 in New York City.

Don Lemon, Tipsy and Tattooed, Won New Year’s Eve on Twitter (Again)

Commenting on the CNN anchor's antics has become an annual tradition

Thousands of people line the harbour around the suburb of North Sydney during New Year's Eve celebrations on January 01, 2020 in Sydney, Australia.

Ringing in a New Decade: See How New Year's 2020 Is Celebrated All Over the World

From Sydney, Australia to Hong Kong

It’s Hard to Enforce Pandemic Health Rules on Halloween. Just Look at What Happened in 1918

Activists Are Pushing to Make Juneteenth a National Holiday. Here’s the History Behind Their Fight

The Overlooked Black History of Memorial Day

Here's Everything You Need to Know About Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors

104-Year-Old WWII Veteran Is Asking People to Send Him Valentines

Don Lemon, Tipsy and Tattooed, Won New Year’s Eve on Twitter (Again)

Ringing in a New Decade: See How New Year's 2020 Is Celebrated All Over the World

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