August 2023 has a variety of weekly observances, including National Motorcycle Week (August 7-13) and Be Kind to Humankind Week (August 25-31), among others.
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harvest, the season of the gathering of crops. The word is derived from the Anglo-Saxon haerfest (“autumn”) or the Old High German herbist. Harvest has been a season of rejoicing from the remotest times. The Romans had their Ludi Cereales, or feasts in honour of Ceres. The Druids celebrated their harvest on November 1. In pre-Reformation England, Lammas Day (August 1, Old Style) was observed as the beginning of the harvest festival. Throughout the world, the harvest of the main cereal crop typically wheat, corn, or rice has always been the occasion for celebration. Many harvest-related customs have their origin in the
The Pilgrims who started the first Thanksgiving tradition after they landed in Plymouth were following the customs they had grown up with, originating in medieval times.
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