Monthly Archives: April 2021
National Pecan Day / National Gardening Day
National Pecan Day
April 14
According to the Royalty Pecan website, “Pecan” is from an Algonquian (Native American tribe) word meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack. Pecan trees can live over 200 years. Pecan trees are native...
DownHome Sports – April 13, 2021
https://youtu.be/LkJqGr9t9Do
This Week on DownHome Sports:
Waxahachie Life School Head Coach, Lyle Linscomb and Bre'Anna Lacy, Junior and team captain. Ranked #3 in region in 100 hurdles and #2 in 300 hurdles. She also advanced to area in long...
International Plant Appreciation Day / Scrabble Day
International Plant Appreciation Day
April 13
International Plant Appreciation Day celebrates the many benefits of plants in our homes, places of work, and outside. Plants belong to the Plantae kingdom which includes trees, mosses, ferns, herbs, grasses, vines, bushes,...
DownHome/Up Close: Potato Bowls in Becky’s Kitchen!
https://youtu.be/D4G01ncn2fk
Welcome to our first episode of Becky's Kitchen, one of many segments on our DownHome / Up Close family of shows! Becky Lynn invites us into her home to share some of her favorite recipes. We will...
National D.E.A.R. Day / Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day
National D.E.A.R. Day
April 12
April 12 is known as D.E.A.R Day! D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national month-long celebration of reading designed to remind folks of all ages to make reading a priority activity...
Barbershop Quartet Day / National Pet Day
Barbershop Quartet Day
April 11
In the 1830s local barbershops in the U.S. were a common gathering place for average guys, the ones who couldn’t afford to join posh social clubs and who didn’t hang out in saloons....
Golfer’s Day / ASPCA Day
Golfer’s Day
April 10
Almost 80% of golfers will never have a handicap under 18. And yet, no matter how frustrating the game is to play, there is an estimated 30+ million golfers just in the United States. Modern...
International Guitar Month / National Unicorn Day
International Guitar Month
April 9
The oldest guitars came from Persia (modern day Iran), about 3,500 years ago, and were called “Tanbur”. The word “guitar” was adopted into English from the Spanish word “guitarra” in the 1600s. The design...
National BLT Sandwich Month / Zoo Lovers Day
National BLT Sandwich Month
April 8
The BLT is still the second-most popular sandwich in the United States (the simple ham sandwich is first). The bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwich became popular when fresh lettuce and tomatoes became...
National Beer Day / National Public Television Day
National Beer Day
April 7
National Beer Day marks the day that the Cullen–Harrison Act was enacted leading to the Eighteenth Amendment being repealed which dealt with prohibition. When the new laws went into effect on April 7, 1933,...
