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Month: May 2008

May 30, 2008
Heather L
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Homeschool Freebie of the Day!

Posted in Announcements, and Commercial Break

There is a great new resource for homeschooling families available for FREE! It’s called the Homeschool Freebie of the Day! Here’s the deal: Every weekday, Monday through Friday, they post a new homeschooling “freebie” to their site. What kind of “freebies”? Stuff like: Mini-Unit Studies… Ebooks… Audio Programs… Games… Sample chapters… Lesson Plans… classic books… Lapbooks… and other quality resources! These are the REAL THING. Many of these will be products that you would normally pay for on their regular websites… but here on the Homeschool Freebie of the Day site, they’re 100% free… at least for that one day!…

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May 26, 2008
Heather L
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Memorial Day: Praise You in This Storm

Posted in Christian Life, Holidays, and Thoughts

Praise You in This Stormwords by Mark Hall/music by Mark Hall and Bernie Herms I was sure by now,God, that You would have reached downand wiped our tears away,stepped in and saved the day.But once again, I say amenand it’s still rainingas the thunder rollsI barely hear You whisper through the rain,“I’m with you”and as Your mercy fallsI raise my hands and praisethe God who gives and takes away. Chorus:And I’ll praise you in this stormand I will lift my handsfor You are who You areno matter where I amand every tear I’ve criedYou hold in your handYou never left…

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History of Memorial DayArlington National Cemetary
May 23, 2008
Heather L
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History of Memorial Day

Posted in Holidays, and Military Life

Let us honor and remember those that have died giving us the freedoms that we enjoy today in the United States of America. History of Memorial Day Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day because it was a time set aside to honor the nation’s Civil War dead by decorating their graves. It was first widely observed on May 30, 1868, to commemorate the sacrifices of Civil War soldiers, by proclamation of General John A. Logan of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of former sailors and soldiers. On May 5, 1868, Logan declared in General Order…

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