Kamikazes of WW2

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In September of 1862, Abraham Lincoln made his Emancipation Proclamation giving confederate states 100-days to rejoin the Union before their slaves would be set free. Signed on New Years Day, 1863, the proclamation proved a monumental step towards the abolition of US slavery.

The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, is a uniquely Mexican holiday where families honor their dead ancestors with food, drink and celebration.

The freedom riders were a group of seven African Americans and six white civil rights activists who set out in 1961 to evaluate the Supreme Court’s ruling that segregation inside transportation facilities is unconstitutional. Facing mobs of white haters, firebombs, and beatings, the freedom riders left their mark on the movement.

Samhain is the more than 3,000-year-old Celtic tradition of celebrating life-giving harvests and a respect for the dead. Rituals and offerings are made to evil spirits to this day in the Gaelic festival of Samhain.

The history of Jack O’ Lanterns dates back to the Irish legend of “Stingy Jack” who swindled the Devil twice and was turned away from both Heaven and Hell, cursed to roam the afterlife with a dimly lit piece of coal; Inspiring the practice of carving pumpkins to ward off evil spirits.

The Liberty Bell was cast in London in 1751, arrived in Philadelphia in 1752, and has become the symbol of American independence and liberty for all.

Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt from 1370 to 1330 BCE due to her marriage to Amenhotep IV. Her disappearance from the historical record during Amenhotep’s reign has led to speculation of a co-regency in ancient Egypt.