Showing posts with label United States Of America. Show all posts
Showing posts with label United States Of America. Show all posts

Labor Day Weekend Sale

Labor Day Weekend Sale: Its Labor Day in the United States of America and it is an exciting and thrilling time for Americans to celebrate and many people are looking forward to a long holiday Labor Day weekend.

Some people may characterize or mark the Labor Day weekend with family gatherings, parades and festivals centered around union organizations and their workers.
There are online stores who are giving chances and opportunities for shoppers to shop with great discounts and deals like Sears, Sears is having a big Labor Day Sale this weekend.

Their SALE is called the Big Switch Labor Day Sale, and Sears attract and encourage customers to make The Big Switch to ENERGY STAR qualified appliances. Starting September 1 to September 7, you can get a -30% off on all ENERGY STAR qualified appliances from Whirlpool, Samsung and Maytag and -20% off on all other ENERGY STAR appliances. On top of these savings, Customers with Sears Card can get an additional 5% off. Thanks to Sears and this is really a great Deal!

4th Of July celebrations

United States of America will celebrate their Independence Day on the 4th of July. Festivities will be taking place all around the country. Fireworks activities with the loud noises and colorful displays and waving of American flags. It is a grand celebration in the United States. 4th of July is also celebrated as Nathan's hotdog eating contest, the top happening on the Major League Eating's organizational calendar.

Here in the Philippines we celebrate 4th of July as Philippine-American Friendship Day.

July 4 is the the Filipino-American Friendship Day. In fact, it was the independence day which is observed from 1946 to 1964. But in August 1964, our government with the advice of historians,Our government changed that after US influence declined over the years and became the 12th of June as Philippine Independence Day, and 4th of July was changed to Filipino-American Friendship Day.

As we celebrate the 4th of July, Philippine Airlines-PAL offers cheap air fare from Manila to Los Angeles or San Francisco from June 24 to July 5,2010. Promo is valid for travel from September 1, 2010 to December 15, 2010 for just USD 848. and good only for sale through internet.

Flag Day

Flag Day is celebrated in the United States on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of United States, which was approved by Congress making the "stars and stripes" a national symbol for the United States of America. Flag day is not an official holiday. On june 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first state to establish the June 14 Flag Day as legal holiday and it started in the town of Rennerdale.

President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed June 14, 1916, to be a national celebration of the American flag, and the 1949 Congress declared June 14 to be national Flag Day every year.



In the Philippines, Philippine National Flag Day is celebrated on May 28 which commemorates the date when the Philippine flag was first opened and spread out after the Philippine Revolutionary Army defeated the Spanish forces in the Battle of Alapan in 1898.