Video: Enjoy the history of the holiday.

Happy Halloween!

Video: The history of Labor Day in America

Happy Labor Day! Enjoy this history lesson from the U.S. Department of Labor.

Video: WCBS-2 report on the newest Americans in New York.

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Happy birthday, America!

Meet the members of the Army taking the oath to become American citizens this weekend at the New York Public Library.

Video: an origin story

Happy Memorial Day!

Learn more about how the holiday started in Charleston, S.C.

Photo: Jerry Taylor

Happy New Year! May 2022 be healthy, healthy and healthy.

Video: James Corden brings a stellar lineup to sing
“Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town.”

Merry Christmas!

Video: Ten hours of Thanksgiving ambience

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all! Enjoy this lonnnnng screensaver of holiday cheer, minus any family bickering.

Video: Livestream of the 2021 National Veterans Day parade

And we’re back!

The 2021 National Veterans Day parade returns to downtown after a COVID break in the Year That Shall Not Be Named.

It starts at 1:30 today, with livestreaming above. Big shout out to the men and women who serve or served in the armed forces!

Map: National Veterans Day parade route

Video: Let’s celebrate the holiday with Teen Titans Go!

Happy Labor Day! Be safe, get the vaccine, mask up and stay socially distanced for everyone’s sake.

Video: Celebrate independence while fighting
America’s greatest enemy, tea. It’s “Teen Titans Go!”

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Happy birthday, America!

Enjoy this cartoon as Robin battles … George Washington for control of the Teen Titans.

Video: the Harlem Hellfighters

Happy Memorial Day!

Spend a few minutes of your holiday learning about the 369th U.S Army Regiment, or the Harlem Hellfighters, sent in 1918 to France during World War I. This all-Black unit won plaudits abroad while virtually ignored back in the States.

Video: “Amor Verdadero en Pueblo Textil
(True Love in Pueblo Textil)”

Happy Valentine’s Day, y’all! Two stories of falling in love …

Video: “StoryCorps: A Life, Complete”

Photo: Formulanone (CC)

Happy New Year! Let’s hope 2021 is a whole lot better than this past crummy year.

Video: Warm up by the virtual yule log.

Merry Christmas!

Video: Today Show: “Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade
adapts to COVID-19 setbacks”

Happy Thanksgiving, y’all!