Juneteenth
Juneteenth was created on this date (month, day, year)
What is June 19, 1865?
This is the day Cinco de Mayo is celebrated on.
What is May 5?
This is what Dia de los Muertos means in English.
What is Day of the Dead?
What is Germany?
This is an Irish holiday celebrated in March. (Hint: It involves green.)
What is St. Patrick's Day?
True or False: Immediately after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, all slaves were freed.
What is false? It took 2 years until slaves were freed.
People celebrate with colorful parades, bullfights, fireworks, and dancing.
True or False: Dia de los Muertos and Halloween are similar because they both involve scaring people with scary spooky skeletons.
oompah, polka, waltzes
This is the traditional color of Ireland.
What is green?
This city was the last place to hear that the Civil War was over and that slaves were free.
What is Galveston?
Children usually celebrate Cinco de Mayo by trying to break open this while blindfolded.
What is a pinata?
Why do people celebrate Dia de los Muertos?
to honor family members who have died
This is a sweet pastry usually filled with fruit.
What are strudels?
This festival has been held every year since 1983.
What is the North Texas Irish Festival?
What are some ways people celebrate Juneteenth today?
People have parades, picnics, barbeques, concerts, and art shows.
This is a spicy stew made with hominy (like corn), beef and red chilies.
What is menudo?
This type of flower is left at graves after families have picnics and clean graves.
What are marigolds?
Oktoberfest started as a celebration of the marriage of this person.
Who is King Ludwig 1?
This is a type of Irish bread made with buttermilk and raisins.
What is soda bread?
Why did it take 2 years after Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation for slaves to be freed? (2 reasons)
2) news spread slowly in those days (no TV/internet)
Why do people celebrate Cinco de Mayo?
A group of Mexican soldiers won a battle against a large group of French soldiers in the Battle of Puebla in 1862.
This sweet bread is baked in the shape of bones and decorated with sugar.
What is pan de muerto?
What is one difference between the original Oktoberfest celebration in Germany and today's celebration in Fredericksburg?
The original celebration lasted 16 days and now it lasts 3 days.
These people were some of the first people to help fight for Texas during the Texas Revolution.
Who are Irish immigrants?