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Tereza Kopřivová, 4.A
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Halloween Guy Fawkes Day Rememberance Day
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31st October Old Celts – last day of the year, beginning of winter – witches, ghosts Christianized->Eve of All Saints´ Day – Christian Church honours the memory of the death North Britain+Scotland, USA+ Canada Costumes, “Trick or treat“
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Bonfire night 5th November Gunpower plot in 1605 Guy Fawkes – conspirator who attempted to blow up James I. and Parliament
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11th November Ceremony in Cenotaph in Whitehall – London Two minutes´silence honours those killed in the two world wars
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Independence Day Thanksgiving Day Memorial Day Martin Luther King Day
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4th July 1776 the United States proclaimed its freedom from Britain with the Declaration of Independence Fireworks, music, flag (sometimes 13 stars)
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Last Thursday in November 1621 – Pilgrim settlers of Plymouth Colony on their first harvest Now family holiday – together, turkey with cranberry sauce, pumpkin cake
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Last Monday in May Honour those who died during the American Civil War (1861-1865) Honour to all Americans killed in all past wars
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3rd Monday in January M.L.King was a black leader who fought for civil rights for black people Nobel Prize in1964 Assassinated in 1968
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