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May Day
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May Day
May 1
May Day, May 1st, consists of numerous holidays and celebrations around the world from spring celebrations to saint's feast day to a day for organized labor, etc. Check out listings for more detailed information and to find the May Day celebration of your choice.
Safe Kids Fair
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Safe Kids Fair
May 1
Location: Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm
Anyone interested please contact Olga Fruster, at 860-545-8815
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Spring CEA PER Association Meeting
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Spring CEA PER Assoc. Meeting
May 4
Spring Meeting 2008
Sunday, May 4, 2008
Place: Glastonbury Lodge #2202
Flag Burning & Meeting 1:00pm
Burgers, Dogs, Fries will be available for lunch before the meeting.
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Cinco de Mayo
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Cinco de Mayo
May 5
Cinco de Mayo (the fifth of May) is a national holiday in Mexico and also celebrated in many areas of the U.S. It celebrates the legendary and victorious Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
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Mother's Day
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Mother's Day
May 11
Mother's Day is celebrated in the U.S. as a day to honor our mothers. It is a day to show thanks for all that our mothers do.
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CEA E-Board Meeting
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CEA E-Board Meeting
May 12, 6:30pm
This meeting will be held at Wethersfield-Rocky Hill Lodge #2308.
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Connecticut State Elks' 9th Annual Team Scramble Golf Tournament
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CEA 9th Annual Team Scramble Golf Tournament
May 14, 7:30am
Registration - 7:30am
Tournament Start - 9:00am
Limited to one Foursome per Lodge, per District. Payment is due by 5/01/08.
Contact PER, Chic Rhodes, Jr., 64 Clover Street, Windsor, CT 06095
(860) 688-9474
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Armed Forces Day
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Armed Forces Day
May 17
Armed Forces Day is a day to recognize and honor the military forces in your nation. Nations throughout the world participate in observing this day.
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Memorial Day
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Memorial Day
May 26
Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday commemorating the U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country.
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CEA State Convention
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CEA State Convention
May 30 - June 1, 2008
What: Connecticut Elks Assoc. Annual Convention
Where: Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill
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CEA State Convention
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CEA State Convention
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CEA State Convention
May 30 - June 1, 2008
What: Connecticut Elks Assoc. Annual Convention
Where: Hartford Marriott Rocky Hill
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Flag Day
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Flag Day
June 14th
In the United States, Flag Day (more formally, National Flag Day) is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
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Father's Day
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Father's Day
June 15
Fathers day is the day we celebrate our dads. It was invented by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd who was raised by her father and thought that they should be celebrated just as much as mothers. Her dad was born in June so she chose to hold the first fathers day on June 19th of 1910. It was President Calvin Coolidge who decided to hold fathers day on the third Sunday of June 14 years later.
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Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 9
DST; is the convention of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight
and mornings have less. Typically clocks are adjusted forward one hour near the
start of spring and are adjusted backward in autumn. Modern DST was first
proposed in 1907 by William Willett. Despite controversy, many countries have
used it since then; details vary by location and change occasionally.
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State Ritual Contest
March 10
Time & Location TBA
Contact CEA State Ritual Chairman Peter Nelson for more information (860)
508-8813
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Lodge Americanism Brochure Contest Deadline
March 12
Deadline for Lodge to submit an entry in the Americanism Brochure Contest.
Entries should be submitted to Dave Acanfora PDD, Americanism Committee Chairman
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First Day of Summer
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First Day of Summer
June 21
The summer solstice is the longest day of the year, respectively, in the sense that the length of time elapsed between sunrise and sunset on this day is a maximum for the year.
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All-American Lodge - Contest A Deadline
March 15
Lodges should submit their All American Lodge - Contest A application to their
District Deputy by March 15th.
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Ritual Computer Room Clinic
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Ritual Computer Room Clinic
June 22
Location: TBA, Rhode Island
This computer room ritual clicnic is open to all members in good standing. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
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Palm Sunday
March 16
Palm Sunday is a moveable feast which actually falls on the Sunday before
Easter. The feast commemorates an event reported by all four Canonical Gospels
(Mark 11:1-11, Matthew 21:1-11, Luke 19:28-44, and John 12:12-19) - the
Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the days before his Passion.
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St. Patrick's Day
March 17
Saint Patrick's Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick (circa
385–461), one of the patron saints of Ireland. It takes place on 17 March, the
date on which Patrick is held to have died. The day is the national holiday of
the Irish people.
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First Day of Spring
March 20
An equinox in astronomy is that moment in time, not a whole day, when the center
of the Sun can be observed to be directly above the Earth's equator, occurring
around March 20 and September 23 each year.
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Good Friday
March 21
Good Friday, also called Holy and Great Friday, is the Friday before Easter
(Easter always falls on a Sunday). It commemorates the crucifixion and death of
Jesus at Calvary.
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Easter
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Easter, Pascha, or Resurrection Day, is an important religious feast in the
Christian liturgical year. It celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, which
Christians believe occurred on the third day after his crucifixion some time in
the period AD 27 to 33.
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State President's Night
March 27, 6:00pm
State President's Night
Thursday, March 27
Middletown Lodge #771
Social Hour 6:00pm
Dinner 6:30pm (Nominal Fee)
Initiation 7:30pm
Contact Middletown Lodge with the number attending from your Lodge.
860-346-9771
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Poster & Essay Contest Judging
Friday, March 28
Place: Southington Elks Lodge #1669
Time: 6:30 PM
All State and GL officials are encouraged to attend and assist in the judging. Lodge Drug Awareness Chairman are also encouraged to attend. You may bring others to assist.
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New England Regional "Hoop Shoot" Contest
Saturday, March 29
Place: Scarborough High School on 20 Gorham Road, Scarborough, Maine
Time: 9:15 AM
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Independence Day
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Independence Day
July 4th
Independence Day referred is the U.S. holiday also known as the "4th of July" that commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. It is a Legal U.S. Holiday that is celebrated with picnics and fireworks.
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Bastille Day
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Bastille Day
July 14
Bastille Day is celebrated on July 14th each year to commemorate the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille starting the French Revolution 1789 and the uprising of the modern French nation.
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Parents' Day
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Parents' Day
July 27th
Parents' Day is an American Holiday celebrating parents who provide for strong families to make a strong America.
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