CRSPIA

Kwanzaa
2019-12-26 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
Kwanzaa History
Kwanzaa is an African-American and Pan-African celebration of family, community and culture. Kwanzaa, a week-long cultural festival from the 26th of December to the 1st of January that climaxes in feasts and gift giving, was initially established to unite African-Americans with their African roots and heritage. Nguzo Saba, the seven principles that guide the holiday, is central to Kwanzaa as a different principle is emphasized every day during the celebration. Celebrants often dress in traditional Pan-African clothing and decorate their homes in African artwork.
Kwanzaa was created in 1965 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, a major figure in the Black Power movement, with the intention of providing African Americans with a link to their ancestral heritage. Karenga aimed to bring together African-Americans as a community through the combination of various aspects of other celebrations such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and African Yam Festivals. Since Kwanzaa is a cultural holiday, not a religious one; it can be celebrated by Africans from all religious backgrounds.

Christmas
2019-12-25 08:00 - 17:00
Christmas History
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. For modern Christians it also starts a 12-day Christmas season that begins on December 25th and ends on January 5th. Churches celebrate Christmas with services on Christmas Eve and often midnight masses.
While the holiday is religious in origin, many cultures, even those without Christian ideologies, celebrate this holiday. This celebration often centers around Santa Claus, a mythical figure dressed in a red suit, based on Saint Nicholas. Tradition has it that on Christmas morning, Santa brings gifts for children who have been good and coal for those who have been naughty.

Hanukkah start
2019-12-22 08:00 - 17:00
Hanukkah History
Chanukah (Hebrew: חנוכה) is an eight day Jewish festival, also known as the festival of lights. On each day a Menorah (an eight branched candelabra) is lit with an ascending number of candles to match the day. The reason for Chanukah is based on the story of the Maccabees battle with the Greeks. It is told that one pure bottle of olive oil lasted for eight days in the Holy Temple. It should have lasted only for the first day.

Winter Solstice History
2019-12-21 08:00 - 17:00
Winter Solstice History
The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and the longest night of the year as the Northern Hemisphere is angled the farthest away from the Sun on this day. The Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere happens every year around December 21 or 22.

CRSPIA QUARTERLY MEETING DECEMBER
2019-12-11 08:00 - 17:00
CRSPIA Quarterly meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center at 6:30 pm December 11TH

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
2019-12-07 08:00 - 17:00
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day History
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day seeks to honor the victims of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, an American Naval Station. The attack is often cited as the catalyst for American involvement in the Second World War, given that President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared war on Japan the following day.
At 8am on December 7th, 1941, without prior warning, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service attacked a Naval Station at Pearl Harbor, located on Oahu, Hawaii. The base was attacked by 353 Japanese fighter planes. In total, 2,403 people perished, another 1,178 were injured, four U.S. Navy battleships were sunk and 188 aircrafts were destroyed. The aim of the attack was to immobilize the U.S. Pacific Fleet, which would allow Japan to advance into Malaya and Dutch East Indies. On August 23, 1994, the United States Congress passed Public Law 103-308 to designate December 7 of each year as the National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day.

Halloween
2019-10-31 08:00 - 17:00
Halloween History
Halloween, also called All Hallow’s Eve, occurs on the eve of the Western Christian celebration of All Hallow’s or All Saints Day – a day set aside to honor all the Saints of Christendom. Halloween is also a popular celebration with ties to the Celtic festival of Samhain, a celebration of the end of the harvest. The name Halloween comes from the longer name ‘All Hallow’s Eve’. In the US, this is a popular holiday for young and old and involves dressing up in costumes, harvest parties, and ‘trick or treating’. It is celebrated every year on the 31st of October.

CRSPIA Quarterly Meeting
2019-10-23 18:30 | Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center
CRSPIA Quarterly meeting at the Cuyamaca Rancho State Park Visitor’s Center at 6:30 pm October 23rd

Columbus Day
2019-10-14
Columbus Day History
Columbus Day is the celebration of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas on October 12, 1492. Christopher Columbus was an Italian-born explorer who discovered the Americas for the Spanish King in 1492. King Ferdinand of Spain sponsored the expedition west in the hopes of sailing to India. In August of 1492, Columbus set off into the Atlantic with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Two months later he would set foot on the Bahamas and establish settlements on Hispanola Island (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Upon his return to Spain, he spoke of gold in the New World and thus the Americas were opened up for European colonization.
In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared October 12th every year as Columbus Day. In the US, Columbus Day is celebrated by all US states except for Hawaii, South Dakota and Alaska. Columbus Day now occurs on the second Monday in October each year.

Yom Kippur
2019-10-08 08:00 - 17:00
Yom Kippur History
Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement, Hebrew: יום כיפור) is the last day to atone our sins of the Ten Days of Repentance, which start on the New Year (Rosh Hashanah). This is a fast mentioned in the Bible and the punishment mentioned for not keeping this fast is excommunication.
Jews seek to ‘purify their souls’ on this day, by abstaining from common pleasures. Yom Kippur is celebrated by most all Jewish denominations. It is a fast day from the eve until the next day nightfall (twenty five hours). No food or drink is permissible. It is a day on which Jews ‘afflict the soul’, which includes wearing only non-leather shoes, not combing one’s hair and no marital relations.
For many Orthodox Jews, most of Yom Kippur is spent in prayer in the Synagogue. Five prayer services are held (as opposed to the normal three daily prayers).

Rosh Hashana
2019-09-29 - 2019-10-01
Rosh Hashana History
Rosh Hashanah (Hebrew: ראש השנה) is the Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah literally translates to the Head of the Year. It is a two day festival. In the Bible, it is called Yom Ha-Zikkaron, the day of remembrance or Yom Teruah the day of the sounding of the shofar-(Leviticus 23:24-25).
Jews start Rosh Hashanah festivals with lighting of the candles and synagogue prayers. On the eve of Rosh Hashanah, Jews eat an apple dipped in honey to signify a sweet new year to come. They also place a fishes head at the table to commemorate ‘being a head and not a tail’.

Saint Padre Pio
2019-09-23
Saint Padre Pio History
The Feast of St. Padre Pio commemorates his life. Padre Pio (Francesco Forgione) was a priest and friar in the Capuchin order. He was beatified and canonized by St. John Paul II. Padre Pio was known for various supernatural phenomena such as exhibiting the stigmata, being a catalyst for various miracles, and bilocating

Start of Fall (Autumnal Equinox)
2019-09-23
Fall begins (Northern H.) History
Fall begins in the Northern Hemisphere when the Sun is perpendicular to the equator. This day has equal hours of day and night. The first day of Fall is also called the Autumnal Equinox. In many areas it coincides with harvests. The first day of Fall happens between each year between September 22 and 24.

Selichot
2019-09-21
Selichot History
Selichot (Hebrew: סליחות) means ‘sorry/forgiveness prayers’. Selichot are recited from the Sunday before the Jewish New Year until the Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). Selichot are aimed for both the individual and communities to atone their sins between man and God. They are intended for Jews to reflect on their actions of the past year and to refrain from committing the same sins in the next New Year.

St Matthew
2019-09-21
St Matthew History
The feast day for St. Matthew celebrates the life of Jesus’ disciple who wrote the Gospel of Matthew, one of the four gospels in the New Testament that tells stories of Jesus Christ.
St. Matthew, one of Jesus’ 12 apostles, was born in Galilee, the son of Alpheus (Mark 2:14). His original name was Levi until Jesus changed it to Matthew. He is primarily mentioned in the Gospels in lists of the disciples, except in the Gospel of Matthew, which tells the story of his conversion (Matthew 9:9).

Patriot Day
2019-09-11
Patriot Day (Sept 11) History
Patriot Day is a day the US remembers the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. This day is commonly referred to as 9-11 (Nine-Eleven). It is believed that 2,977 people died in the attacks. President George W. Bush proclaimed September 11th Patriot Day in 2002.

Read A Book Day
2019-09-06

Labor Day
2019-09-02
Labor Day History
Labor Day is a dedicated to honoring and remembering the achievements of the US worker. It is national celebration which recognizes the contributions that American workers have made to the prosperity of their nation. Labor Day is celebrated on the first Monday in September as a three day weekend.

Friendship Day
2019-08-04 08:00 - 17:00
