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National Themes For August 4: National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Coast Guard Day, American Family Day, National Friendship Day, and National Sisters Day.

🍪National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! We thank Ruth Graves Wakefield for chocolate chips, we also celebrate her name on National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day. If she had never wondered in 1937 what chunks of chocolate would taste like mixed into a sugar cookie dough, we would probably never know the chocolate chip cookie. She might even be responsible for all those other nuggets of goodness. Such as butterscotch, peanut butter and white chocolate.

⛴National Coast Guard Day honors the courageous work of the service members of the Coast Guard. The United States Coast Guard is one of the five US Armed Forces. It is a maritime, military and multi-missioned service. It operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime. However, their responsibilities can be transferred to the US Navy by the President of the United States any time deemed necessary, or by Congress during war times. Always ready, The United States Coast Guard’s official motto in Latin reads Semper Paratus. When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf coast of America, the US Coast Guard saved over 33,500 lives. Their maritime efforts rescued an estimated 24,000 lives from peril in severely dangerous conditions. The United States Coast Guard traces its founding to an act of Congress on August 4, 1790. The Coast Guard consisted of 10 vessels which carried out the enforcement of various trade and humanitarian duties.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦American Family Day was established as a day encouraging families to spend time with one another, the Day was specifically proclaimed to avoid gifts and to focus on family relationships. Celebrated across the United States on the first Sunday in August, this day began as a 1-year proclamation signed by Governor Raul Castro, declaring August 7, 1977, as American Family Day. The following year, Governor Bruce Babbit signed American Family Day into law as an official Arizona holiday.

🎗National Friendship Day! By friendship day declaration, we are invited to “observe this day in an appropriate manner, in accordance with the culture and other appropriate circumstances or customs of their local, national and regional communities, including through education and public awareness-raising activities”. National Friendship Day was originally founded by Hallmark in 1919. It was intended to be a day for people to celebrate their friendship by sending each other cards, but by 1940 the market had dried up, and eventually, it died out completely. However, in 1998 Winnie the Pooh was named the world’s Ambassador of Friendship at the United Nations, and in April 2011 the United Nations officially recognized 30th July as International Friendship Day; although most countries celebrate on the first Sunday of August!

👭National Sisters Day is your chance to show your appreciation for that unique bond only sisters can understand. All siblings have the odd argument here and there, but deep down there’s little way around the natural connection between siblings. Cherish the memories and create new ones. Reconnect or patch up any misunderstandings. Sisters are forever.

Chocolate chip cookies, yummy! Thank you for your sacrifice to all the men and woman who served in the Coast Guard. Saying hello to all my on line friends. I have one sister and 5 sister-in-laws. My hubby comes from a big family. I didn't live in town so I don't know about ice cream bicycles but my hubby did live in town when he was little and he said they had a little freeze type truck that went around selling ice cream. Stay tuned tomorrow for something new for the states.

Warm hugs!💕🐶🌤