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Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated on various dates in the U.S., Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and also Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Festive holidays like this also occur in Germany and Japan. People celebrate Thanksgiving on the …

The Cleveland Browns struggled for many years to find a starting quarterback. The team moved to Baltimore in 1996, and so Cleveland was without a professional football team for three years. Since their return in 1999, they have struggled find a starting quarterback for the long haul. Don’t struggle to find your Athens Off …

Baker Mayfield is the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns. He stands 6 feet and 1 inch tall, while weighing 215 pounds. Mayfield was born in Austin, Texas April 14, 1995. Baker grew up a fan of the Oklahoma Sooners football team and went to a number of games as a kid. You can …

Pizza includes itself as one of America’s favorite foods. It also exists as a delicious creation with many possibilities. Pizza gets made by using a flattened leavened dough and topped with tomato sauce, cheese, and can also come with a number of different toppings. The term pizza was first used in the 10th century …

Halloween is a contraction of “All Hallows’ Evening”. Many countries observe this holiday on October 31. That day is the Western Christian feast of All Hallows’ Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the point in time in the liturgical calendar for remembering the dead. That includes saints and also martyrs. Halloween at Ohio …

Cactus is a member of the plant family Cactaceae. The plural form of the word is cacti, cactuses or also cactus. The family consists of about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word cactus derives through Latin from Ancient Greek. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes …

One thing you will see anywhere in America is cars on the roads. Cars are wheeled motor vehicles used for transportation, even at Ohio University. Cars came into global use during the twentieth century. Developed economies also depend on cars. 1886 is regarded as the birth year for cars. Karl Benz invented the car. …

Homecoming is a special time for Athens, Ohio and Ohio University. The leaves have already begun to change color, giving the famed college town a beautiful backdrop. Homecoming is a time when Alumni and former students come back “home”. They do this to celebrate their proud association with the university. October is a fun …

Autumn, or “Fall”, is one of the four seasons that we have here in beautiful Athens, Ohio. During the summer it can get extremely hot around here. During the winter it gets extremely cold. Fall is perfect because the weather is temperate. It is cool out but not freezing cold. It can also be …

The Cold War pitted capitalism against communism. It happened in the time period following World War II up until the early 1990’s. The Cold War was a political reality that affected every country in Southeast Asia in some way. You can learn more about the Cold War by checking out a book from the …