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Cleaning Guide: Making Your Couch Look as Good as New Image
Cleaning Guide: Making Your Couch Look as Good as New
From homeowners to apartment dwellers, almost all of us love spending our time on the couch. As the heart of the living room, it’s where we binge-watch and binge-eat, where we can finally get some much-needed relaxation after a long week. That said, it’s inevitable for our couches to...
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Getting Started on Hiking: Safety Tips for Beginners Image
Getting Started on Hiking: Safety Tips for Beginners
The gentle humming of a babbling brook, the welcome shade of forest canopies, the graceful movements of wildlife –these are just small glimpses of the wonders of hiking. Hiking isn’t only a good low-impact workout. It also allows you to take a break and connect with nature and...
Flag Day
In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14th. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Continental Congress in 1777. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation that officially established June 14 as Flag Day. In August 1949, National Flag Day was established by an Act of Congress. Flag Day is not an official federal holiday, though, on June 14, 1937, Pennsylvania became the first (and only) U.S. state to celebrate Flag Day as a state holiday. It is at the President's discretion to proclaim...