BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//InvisionCommunity Events 4.7.24//EN METHOD:PUBLISH CALSCALE:GREGORIAN REFRESH-INTERVAL:PT15M X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT15M X-WR-CALNAME:Holidays NAME:Holidays BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T020000Z RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Passover DTSTAMP:20250403T204211Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:51-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Passover\, also called Pesach\, is a major Jewish holid ay and one of the Three Pilgrimage Festivals. It celebrates the Exodus  of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250412 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250421 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:New Year's Day DTSTAMP:20221025T212827Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:14-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar y ear begins and the calendar's year count increments by one. Many cultures celebrate the event in some manner. In the Gregorian calendar\, the most w idely used calendar system today\, New Year occurs on January 1 (New Year' s Day\, preceded by New Year's Eve). This was also the first day of the ye ar in the original Julian calendar and the Roman calendar (after 153 BC).\ n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230101 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Valentine's Day DTSTAMP:20221025T213247Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:15-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Valentine's Day\, also called Saint Valentine's Day or th e Feast of Saint Valentine\, is celebrated annually on February 14.  It o riginated as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine\, and through later folk traditions it has also become a significant cultural\, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230214 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gung Hay Fat Choi (Chinese New Year) DTSTAMP:20250102T174755Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:40-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Chinese New Year\, or the Spring Festival\, is a festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. Marking the end of winter and the beginning of spring\, this festival takes place from Chinese New Year's Eve\, the evening preced ing the first day of the year\, to the Lantern Festival\, held on the 15th day of the year. The first day of Chinese New Year begins on the new moon that appears between 21 January and 20 February.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250129 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thanksgiving DTSTAMP:20250102T205358Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:49-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States\, Canada\, Saint Lucia\ , Liberia\, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Germany. It is a lso observed in the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year. Various similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn. Although Thanksgiving has historical roots in rel igious and cultural traditions\, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251127 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:President's Day DTSTAMP:20250102T205021Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:48-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Presidents' Day\, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level\, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all thos e who served as presidents of the United States and\, since 1879\, has bee n the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington\, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War\, presi ded at the Constitutional Convention of 1787\, and was from 1789 to 1797 t he first U.S. president.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250217 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mother's Day DTSTAMP:20250102T204655Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:47-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Mother's Day is a celebration honoring the mother of the family or individual\, as well as motherhood\, maternal bonds\, and the in fluence of mothers in society. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250511 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Jr DTSTAMP:20250102T181824Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:46-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.\, and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federa l holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January eac h year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil R ights Movement\, which protested racial discrimination in federal and stat e law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legisl ative reforms in the United States.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250120 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Christmas DTSTAMP:20250102T181206Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:45-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth o f Jesus Christ\, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cult ural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical f east central to Christianity\, Christmas preparation begins on the First S unday of Advent and it is followed by Christmastide\, which historically i n the West lasts twelve days and culminates on Twelfth Night. \n\n\n\n \n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231225 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Father's Day DTSTAMP:20250102T180708Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:44-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Father's Day is a holiday honoring one's father\, as well as fatherhood\, paternal bonds\, and the influence of fathers in society.  \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250615 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Columbus Day (US) DTSTAMP:20250102T180344Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:43-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Columbus Day is a national holiday in many countries of t he Americas and elsewhere\, and a federal holiday in the United States\, w hich officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arriv al in the Americas. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251013 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Veterans Day DTSTAMP:20250102T175918Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:42-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a fed eral holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11\, for h onoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. It coincides with holidays in several countries\, including Armistice Day and Remembran ce Day\, which also occur on the anniversary of the end of World War I.\n\ n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251111 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Labor Day (US) DTSTAMP:20250102T175203Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:41-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Labor Day is a federal holiday in the United States celeb rated on the first Monday of September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the develop ment and achievements in the United States.\n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250901 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Memorial Day DTSTAMP:20250102T174310Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:39-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States fo r honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while se rving in the United States Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250526 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Easter Sunday DTSTAMP:20230318T231842Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:22-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Easter Sunday changes dates year-to-year. This year\, Eas ter is on Sunday\, April 9\, 2023. How is the Easter date determined? The holiday occurs on the Sunday after the first full moon following the vern al equinox\, which welcomes spring in the northern hemisphere.\n\n\n\n \n\ n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250420 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Memorial Day DTSTAMP:20230525T164900Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:28-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States fo r honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who have died while se rving in the United States Armed Forces. It is observed on the last Monday of May. \n\n\n\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230529 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Halloween DTSTAMP:20221013T204712Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:8-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Enjoy a night with ghosts\, goblins\, and all those seeki ng candy!\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221031 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Juneteenth DTSTAMP:20230418T000019Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:26-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Juneteenth day\, a June 19 holiday\, celebrates and symbo lizes the end of slavery in the United States. President Abraham Lincoln i ssued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22\, 1862. It was not unt il June 19\, 1865 that all slaves were finally freed. That concluding even t was when General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston\, Texas with his tro ops and issued Order Number 3 which finally freed the last of the slaves.\ n\n\n\n The formal end of slavery was marked by the passing of the 13th am endment of the constitution.\n\n\n\n In 2021\, Juneteenth became a Federal holiday. The formal name is Juneteenth National Independence Day. It is sometimes referred to as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day.\n\n\n\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230619 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Earth Day DTSTAMP:20230417T235445Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:25-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson\, the “Father of Earth Da y”\, initiated and promoted eco-friendly environmental actions and activ ities beginning in 1962. He convinced then President John F. Kennedy to to ur the nation in support of environmental concerns. This initial effort di d not spark national concern at a political level to effect change.\n\n\n\ n  But Senator Nelson continued his pursuit of increased environmental co ncern and action. He proposed a National Earth Day in 1970. It was to be the first nationwide environmental protest “to shake up the political e stablishment and force this issue onto the national agenda”. On April 22 \, 1970\, the timing was right and the first Earth Day protest received astounding support.\n\n\n\n On that first Earth Day\, an estimated 20 mill ion Americans took to the street in support of the environment and in prot est of harmful environmental practices. Never mind that “protests” wer e in vogue at the time. This effort produced a lasting impact on the envir onment and brought about greater awareness that our planet had limited res ources and that our ecosystem was self-contained and finite. The things we are putting in the air\, water\, and earth were impacting us.\n\n\n\n \n\ n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230422 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Independence Day (US) DTSTAMP:20230417T235100Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:24-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Independence Day is a federal holiday in the United State s commemorating the Declaration of Independence\, which was ratified by th e Second Continental Congress on July 4\, 1776\, establishing the United S tates of America.\n\n\n\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230704 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:St Patrick's Day DTSTAMP:20230318T231508Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:21-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Saint Patrick's Day\, or the Feast of Saint Patrick\, is a religious and cultural holiday held on March 17th.  It is the tradition al death date of Saint Patrick ( c. 385 – c. 461)\, the foremost patron saint of Ireland.\n\n\n\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230317 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Cinco De Mayo DTSTAMP:20230318T232223Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:23-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n Cinco de Mayo is a yearly celebration held on May 5\, whi ch commemorates the anniversary of Mexico's victory over the Second French Empire at the Battle of Puebla in 1862\, led by General Ignacio Zaragoza. \n\n\n\n \n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230505 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Gung Hay Fat Choi (Chinese New Year) DTSTAMP:20230112T200129Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:18-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230122 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Thanksgiving DTSTAMP:20221013T210138Z SEQUENCE:0 UID:10-3-16ae68a57a2b78972433682341f2a92a@www.companyofmen.org ORGANIZER;CN="RadioRob":moderators@companyofmen.org DESCRIPTION:\n What are you thankful for this year?\n\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221124 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR