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National Themes For September 16: National Play-Doh Day, National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day, National Step Family Day, National Working Parents Day, and Mayflower Day.

National Play-Doh Day! Play-Doh inventor Joe McVicker actually sold it originally as a wallpaper cleaner but the world had another use for his product. Play-Doh was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame in 1998. Here is an excerpt from the Hall of Fame induction found at http://www.toyhalloffame.org/toys/play-doh. 'Play-Doh modeling compound started out as wallpaper cleaner. Joe McVicker learned from a teacher that kids usually found modeling clay too hard to manipulate. Discovering that the squishy cleaning product he manufactured could substitute, McVicker shipped some to the school. After teachers and kids raved, he offered to supply the product to all Cincinnati schools. More rave reviews followed. McVicker showcased the modeling clay at a national education convention in 1955, and word spread to Macy’s and Marshall Field’s. By 1956, the wallpaper cleaner had become Play-Doh. A year later, the manufacturer offered a softer Play-Doh in primary colors. Kids mixed these to make other colors, ending inevitably in brown. Captain Kangaroo endorsed Play-Doh, and so did Miss Frances from Ding Dong School. Play-Doh Pete appeared on product cans in 1960. The Fun Factory let kids extrude the material into interesting shapes, making mock hair, colorful spaghetti, and pretend ice cream that wouldn’t melt. In the 1980s, Play-Doh expanded its palette to eight colors. Later versions sparkled with glitter, glowed in the dark, or smelled like shaving cream. Recent estimates say that kids have played with 700 million pounds of Play-Doh'. The company Hasbro has recognized National Play-Doy Day since 2006.

National Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day! This bread is often one of the most requested in bakeries across the country. Naturally sweet, the aroma created from baking this bread will make anyone drool.

National Step Family Day! In the USA, over 30% of the under 18 population live in a step family environment. Step-parenting has been proven to be very successful with patience over time. National Step Family Day was founded by Christy Borgeld in 1997.

National Working Parents Day! This is a day to pay tribute to those parents who work to provide for their family. The challenges of being a parent while working are great, but most feel that along with a means to provide, showing your children the importance of work is a life lesson.

Mayflower Day commemorates the day the ship set sail from Plymouth, England in 1620. On September 16 of 1620, the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth, England with 102 souls on board. Some seeking fortune, some seeking religious freedom, were to be later known as pilgrims. The colonists’ intended to land at Virginia. However, after 66 days at sea, storms and winds blew them off course and they ended up near modern day Cape Cod, Massachusetts on December, 21st. This day commemorates the day the Mayflower set sail for the New World. At the time, William Bradford, the separatist leader whose journal is often referenced for Mayflower history, recorded dates according to the Julian calendar. At that point in history, both the Julian and the Gregorian (the calendar most often used today) were both in use. There is a 10-day difference between the two calendars, accounting for the different dates across historical accountings of the Mayflower’s departure from Plymouth, England.

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