Forgotten history of Father's Day, growing okra, live solstice streaming

Your Daily Almanac: Seasonal advice and today's verse View Web Version WEATHER ASTRONOMY GARDENING CALENDAR FOOD HOME & HEALTH KIDS STORE While the bright radiant sun in centre glows, The earth in annual motion round it goes; At the same time on its own axis reels, And gives us change of seasons as it wheels. –The 1793 Old Farmer's Almanac Saturday, June 20, 2020 See births, deaths, and events in history. Summer begins today Question of the Day What is the method for counting the seconds between thunder and lightning to determine where the lightning struck? – Answer Puzzle of the Day I am a word of four letters; in me may be found a verb, an animal, a viscid liquid, a science, a conjunction, and a preposition. – Answer Forgotten History The Forgotten History of Father's Day Father’s Day was not immediately accepted when it was proposed, and it did not become a national holiday in the U.S. until 1972 during President Richard Nixon’s administration. Why was it a hotly contested debate? Read the forgotten history behind Father’s Day.   READ MORE   SPONSORED Best Natural, Nutrient-Rich Fertilizer in the World! Chicken Soup for the Soil® is 100% toxin free and includes all the elements in the periodic table.   LEARN MORE   Happy Summer, Everyone! When Do the Seasons Start in 2020? When do all of the four seasons—spring, summer, fall, and winter—start and end? Here are your equinox and solstice dates for 2020 and 2021—plus, learn the difference between an astronomical season and a meteorological season.   READ MORE   SPONSORED Top Cardiologist Reveals Digestive Trick To Clean Your Bowels What if you could restore your gut health with one simple fix? According to one doctor in California there may be a way. In fact, he believes it’s so powerful that it could be like a “power wash” for your insides.   LEARN MORE   Live Solstice Streaming 5 Ancient Sites Aligned With the Solstice and Equinox Across time, people have marked the changes of seasons—sometimes in dramatic ways! Here are five amazing ancient sites aligned with the solstices and equinoxes. This year, with COVID, Stonehenge will hold its first live streaming event so that everyone in the world can participate. Here are the details.   READ MORE   The Old Farmer’s Almanac Best Value Club 2021 Pre-Sale Now Open! Introducing The Old Farmer’s Almanac Best Value Club—Become a Charter Member Today and Save 57%!    LEARN MORE   $29.97 Annular Solar Eclipse Saturday When Is the Next Eclipse? | Eclipse Dates for 2020 See which eclipses will be visible across North America.   READ MORE   Vegetable Gardener’s Handbook eBook All You Need to Know to Grow! After inspiring and instructing gardeners for 227 years, we have created a single “how to garden” reference eBook for your computer or tablet that includes all of our expertise.   LEARN MORE   $9.95 Growing Okra Okra Okra is traditionally a southern U.S. plant that thrives in warm weather. Here’s how to grow okra plants in your own garden!   READ MORE   Puzzles & Pleasantries - eBook The most original puzzle book in years, with more than 250 mind-boggling puzzles on 96 pages that will put you to the test: rebuses, syncopations, ellipses, charades, riddles, enigmas, conundrums, acrostics, metagrams, anagrams, epigrams, logogriphs, logic puzzles, and much more! Delivered as PDF download.    LEARN MORE   $2.97 THE OLD FARMER SELECTED THESE PRODUCTS FOR YOU QUICK CLICKS 7-Day Forecast 2-Month Forecast Moon Phase Calendar Best Days—Astrological Timetable WEATHER ASTRONOMY GARDENING CALENDAR FOOD HOME & HEALTH KIDS STORE New to this newsletter? It’s free! Sign up here. You are receiving this e-mail message because you subscribed at our Web site: Almanac.com If you do not wish to receive our regular e-mail newsletter in the future, please click here to unsubscribe. *Please do not reply to this e-mail* Visit our Web site Help page to report corrections or inquire about your online account, products, editorial, and technical issues. For reprinting and reuse, see our Terms of Use. © 2020 Yankee Publishing Inc. All rights reserved.