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| St. Patrick's Day March 17th
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What is the story behind St. Patrick's Day?
Well, very little is known about the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed he was born sometime in the late 4th century A.D., in the northern part of what is presently known as England. We also know that the very first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States was in Morristown, New York, authorized in 1780 by future President, George Washington. For a map of Irish ancestry in the U.S. see the Map of the Week for March 13th 2006 in the Current Events section of Maps101.
| Read Any Good Books Lately?
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March is National Reading Month; we also celebrate the birthday of a famous writer Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss who was born on March 2nd, 1904 in Springfield Massachusetts. He wrote such classics as The Cat in the Hat, and Green Eggs and Ham, which have been translated into various other languages.
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March 1st 1872—U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant signs bill into a law establishing Yellowstone National Park which covers Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana.
March 14th 1879—Albert Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany he immigrated to the United States in 1933, and received the Nobel Prize in 1921.
March 19th 2003—The U.S. launches an attack on Iraq, in an effort to topple its leader Saddam Hussein.
March 24th 1934—Franklin D. Roosevelt grants The Philippines independence after over half a century of control.
| Geography Word of the Month |
GPS—Global Positioning System.
GPS devices pinpoint your exact longitude and latitude by using information from orbiting satellites.
Joe Rosenthal snapped the Pulitzer Prize winning picture of the American flag being raised by six young men. Where was this picture taken and during what war? Clue: A film depicting the story of these brave men recently won an Oscar for sound editing, and a bronze statue is erected in Washington, D.C. depicting the event.
Send your answers by email to Maps101@maps.com for a chance to win an antique map from our Antique maps collection at maps.com. A winner will be chosen at random from all correct entries, and be notified via email. For further assistance see article 584 in Geography in the News under Current Events at Maps101.
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