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6 Mar 2024

Mar 7 is Nametag Day! #NametagDay #Holiday checkiday.com/8b48d21ede415f…

Nametag Day

Nametag Day is the fifth holiday in Celebrate Your Name Week, which occurs each year during the first complete week in March. On this day, celebrants wear a "Hello, I'm [your name here] nametag. Thos…

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6 Mar 2024

Mar 7 is National Cereal Day! #CerealDay #NationalCerealDay #Holiday checkiday.com/377a4d5fc4ddef…

National Cereal Day

Cereal is celebrated and eaten today! Cereal, in general, may be a name for any grain, such as wheat, barley, oats, or corn. But since the end of the nineteenth century in America, cereal has usually…

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29 Feb 2024

Something special is happening tomorrow @ThomasEdisonES. @MNPSLibraries @MNPSSoutheast @BookemNash

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4 Jan 2024

Jan 5 is George Washington Carver Day! #GeorgeWashingtonCarverDay #Holiday checkiday.com/c20cd98639015a…

George Washington Carver Day

George Washington Carver died on January 5, 1943. The following month, The National Achievement Club, Inc., based in Pittsburgh, called for George Washington Carver Day to be held each year on the an…

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4 Jan 2024

Jan 5 is National Bird Day! #BirdDay #NationalBirdDay #Holiday checkiday.com/bf8da3a1bd8c4f…

National Bird Day

National Bird Day was created by Born Free USA (which was the Animal Protection Institute until 2007) and The Avian Welfare Coalition, to reduce the suffering of wild and captive birds. The day is me…

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3 Jan 2024

Jan 4 is World Braille Day! #BrailleDay #WorldBrailleDay #Holiday checkiday.com/783dcdf8e3be80…

World Braille Day

World Braille Day reminds us of the importance of accessibility and independence for people who are blind or visually impaired and spreads awareness about braille as a form of communication. On Decem…

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3 Jan 2024

Jan 4 is National Trivia Day! #TriviaDay #NationalTriviaDay #IntergalacticaTriviaDay #Holiday checkiday.com/cd184c42edeb53…

National Trivia Day

Here's a piece of trivia for you. Which holiday, first celebrated in 1980, was founded by Robert L. Birch, a former librarian at the National Agricultural Library, the founder of the Puns Corp, and a…

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3 Jan 2024

Jan 4 is National Spaghetti Day! #SpaghettiDay #NationalSpaghettiDay #Holiday checkiday.com/1cfebe0ba7d2bc…

National Spaghetti Day

Spaghetti, a long, cylindrical, and thin pasta made of milled wheat and water, is celebrated today. Its name comes from an Italian word meaning "thin string" or "twine." The first written record of p…

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9 Dec 2023

Dec 10 is Dewey Decimal System Day! #DeweyDecimalDay #DeweyDecimalSystemDay #Holiday checkiday.com/2cab0321990c1e…

Dewey Decimal System Day

From a young age, Melvil Dewey focused on organization, simplification, and efficiency. Born as "Melville" on today's date in 1851, he removed letters from his name he found unnecessary, becoming Mel…

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30 Nov 2023

Dec 1 is Eat a Red Apple Day! #EatARedAppleDay #Holiday checkiday.com/290e191c1b1f70…

Eat a Red Apple Day

Eat a Red Apple Day is observed next on Tuesday, December 1st, 2026. It is observed annually on December 1st.

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30 Nov 2023

Dec 1 is Rosa Parks Day! #RosaParksDay #DayOfCourage #NationalDayOfCourage #Holiday checkiday.com/0970daf0c6e0ba…

Rosa Parks Day

Rosa Parks Day celebrates the legacy of Rosa Parks, a woman who is a symbol of equality, civil rights, and the American Civil Rights Movement. The holiday is celebrated on either February 4, her birt…

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30 Nov 2023

Dec 1 is National Peppermint Bark Day! #PeppermintBarkDay #NationalPeppermintBarkDay #Holiday checkiday.com/24b5741b778ea4…

National Peppermint Bark Day

National Peppermint Bark Day is observed next on Tuesday, December 1st, 2026. It has been observed annually on December 1st since 2021.

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30 Nov 2023

Dec 1 is National Cookie Cutter Day! #CookieCutterDay #NationalCookieCutterDay #Holiday checkiday.com/78ea5a761aedcd…

National Cookie Cutter Day

National Cookie Cutter Day is observed next on Tuesday, December 1st, 2026. It has been observed annually on December 1st since 2019.

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30 Nov 2023

Dec 1 is National Christmas Lights Day! #ChristmasLightsDay #NationalChristmasLightsDay #Holiday checkiday.com/1dd62cfb181a69…

National Christmas Lights Day

Christmas lights—lights that are hung up on Christmas trees inside, and outside on buildings, trees, and other things—are celebrated today. They were invented in the early 1880s by Edward H. Johnson,…

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26 Oct 2023

MNPS Librarians hard at work analyzing their collections in order to identify areas of need. #mnpslibraries

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17 Oct 2023

My son went to a flea market and found this for me.

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16 Oct 2023

The Fall Break book fairy came!!! @ThomasEdisonES @LimitlessLib @MNPSLibraries #EdisonReads

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2 Oct 2023

🗓 Hey there, Metro Schools! Reminder that there is no school for students Friday, October 6 and Fall Break is October 9 to 13. mnps.org/district_calendar🍁

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23 Sep 2023

Fees Fall Off starts today! @MetroSchools students & teachers can remove lost item fees from their accounts next week by reading & submitting their time. Get the form from your school librarian or log your progress on Beanstack! @MNPSLibraries @NowatNPL

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