MAY 2, 2014 – NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE DAY – NATIONAL TRUFFLE DAY

                     NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE DAY

The registrar of National Day Calendar has designated May 2 of each year as National Life Insurance Day. This day marks the anniversary of the first day life insurance became available in the United States.

The sale of life insurance in the U.S. began in the late 1760s. The Presbyterian Synods in Philadelphia and New York City created the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers in 1759.

On May 2, 1759, the charter was recorded for the Corporation for Relief of Poor and Distressed Widows and Children of Presbyterian Ministers. Episcopalian priests created a comparable relief fund in 1769. Between 1787 and 1837 more than two dozen life insurance companies were started, but fewer than half a dozen survived.

Life insurance can do some pretty amazing things for people. It can buy loved ones time to grieve. It can pay off debts and loans, providing surviving family members with the chance to move on with a clean slate. It can keep families in their homes and pre-fund a child’s college education. It can keep a family business in the family. It can provide a stream of income for a family to live on for a period of time.

Submitted by Liran Hirschkorn, an Independent Insurance Agent at www.BestLifeQuote.com in March 2014, and in accordance to the policies set forth to designate a National Observation Day,  this proclamation has been certified by the Registrar at National Day Calendar.

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                             NATIONAL TRUFFLE DAY

May 2 celebrates a food holiday: it is National Truffle Day.    On this day, the deliciously sweet chocolate truffle gets the spotlight.

This chocolate confectionery is traditionally made with a chocolate ganache center coated in chocolate, icing, cocoa powder, chopped nuts or coconut.  The truffle may be filled with other fillings such as cream, melted chocolate, caramel, nuts, fruit, nougat, fudge, toffee, mint, marshmallow or liqueur.

N. Petruccelli of Chambery, France is believed to be the inventor of the chocolate truffle in December, 1895.  Truffles became much more popular in 1902 when Prestat Chocolate Shop opened in London.  Prestat stills sells “Napoleon III” truffles made to the original recipe.

There are three main types of chocolate truffles: American, European and Swiss.

• The American Truffle:  Created in the mid 1980′s by San Francisco chocolatier, Joseph Schmidt.  A half-egg shaped chocolate coated truffle made with a mixture of dark or milk chocolate, butterfat and sometimes coconut oil.