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National Themes For May 25th: National Missing Children’s Day, National Tap Dance Day, National Brown-Bag It Day, Towel Day, and National Wine Day.

👫National Missing Children’s Day has been commemorated each year since 1983, when it was first proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan. There was a series of high-profile missing children cases that made national headlines in the several years following the establishment of National Missing Children’s day. Six-year-old Etan Patz disappeared from his New York City home on his way from the bus to school on May 25, 1979. May 25, the date of Etan’s disappearance, was designated as National Missing Children’s Day. During the time of his disappearance, cases of missing children rarely gained national media attention. However, Etan’s case quickly received much coverage. Etan’s father, who was a professional photographer, distributed black-and-white photographs of his son to find him. The result was a massive search and media attention that focused the public’s attention on the problem of child abductions and the lack of plans to address them. For more information and awareness on National Missing Children’s Day visit the following links: http://www.ojjdp.gov/programs/postercontest/ http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/may/national-missing-childrens-day-2013/national-missing-childrens-day-2013

💃National Tap Dance Day is a celebration of tap dancing as an American art form. A percussive dance dating back to the early 1800s developed primarily from African and Irish influences. Incorporating complex rhythmic step combinations performers often expressed enormous amounts of character through sound and bodily movement. From clogging to buck and wing styles, soft-shoe to the sand step and a little bit of jazz, tap dancing evolved from a stiff Irish jig to the bodily Cakewalk and vocal Ring-shout. The popular Shim Sham of the vaudeville era became a line dance in the 1980s. The brainchild of Carol Vaughn, Nicola Daval and Linda Christensen, National Tap Dance Day was first presented to U.S. Congress on February 7, 1989, and was signed into American Law by President George. H.W. Bush on November 8, 1989. The one-time official observance was on May 25, 1989. May 25 is the birthday of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, a significant contributor to tap dance born in 1878. National Tap Dance Day has continued to be celebrated each year on May 25.

💼National Brown-Bag-It-Day! Taking your lunch to work or school is an effective way to save money and to ensure you and your family are eating healthy. If a refrigerator is available, there are more options. Yogurt, salads, cottage cheese and leftovers can all be stored until lunch time. Insulated lunchboxes with an icepack are also an option when a refrigerator is not available. When neither is an option, there are still many health choices such as peanut butter, fresh fruits and vegetables, and protein bars. A thermos is also a good source for taking warm food with you for your lunch.

🍁Towel Day was created in 2001 by Douglas Adams’ fans as a tribute to the author two weeks after his death on May 11 of that year. The author is most known for his book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.

🍷National Wine Day. Made from fermented grapes or other fruits, wine is an alcoholic beverage. During the fermentation processes, yeast consumes the sugars in the grapes converting it into alcohol. Different grapes produce different wines. Winemakers will combine different wines to create more complex flavors. Wines made from fruit or honey are often named according to the variety of fruit used. National Drink Wine Day has a sister holiday in February.

I can't imagine what parents go through when their child goes missing. It has to be some kind of torture in itself. More people need to be aware of this problem and if something seems off about a situation say something. I don't tap dance but it's fascinating to watch. I don't need to brown bag it. I'll need the towel this weekend their calling for rain, not that I'm planning to be going out in it, but you never know. I'll pass on the wine today.

I know MD, you would have thought it would have been one of the New England states on women's rights, but nope it was Wyoming.

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