This Monday our schools will be out for Columbus Day to celebrate the man who discovered the Americas. Today is National Leif Erikson Day. Today celebrates the man who was here nearly 500 years before Columbus. While some believed that the colony he founded (Vinland) may have been near Boston, it seems to be more accurate

“Constitution Day and Citizenship Day is an American federal observance that commemorates the adoption of the Constitution of the United States and those who have become United States citizens.  This day is observed  each year on September 17, which is the day the U.S. Constitutional Convention signed the Constitution in 1787.” – NationalDayCalendar.com A day