September 21, 2015 – NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY – INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

                                     NATIONAL PECAN COOKIE DAY

Each year on September 21, people across the United States celebrate National Pecan Cookie Day.

This delicious cookie can be (and is) eaten and enjoyed morning, noon and night by hungry snackers everywhere.
In relationship to National Pecan Cookie Day,  National Pecan Day is a food holiday celebrated each year on April 14.

“The pecan is a species of hickory.  In the United States pecans are native to Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Louisiana  Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas.”

“Pecan” is from an Algonquian word, meaning a nut requiring a stone to crack”
Happy National Pecan Cookie Day!
CELEBRATE
To celebrate National Pecan Cookie Day, try one of the following”tried and true” Pecan Cookie recipes:
Doris’ Pecan Powdered Sugar DropsButter Pecan CookiesRaisin Pecan Oatmeal Cookies
Use #NationalPecanCookieDay to post on social media.
HISTORY
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator of National Pecan Cookie Day, an “unofficial” national holiday.

International Day of Peace – September 21

INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE

International Day of Peace is observed annually on September 21st.

“I call on all warring parties to lay down their weapons and observe a global ceasefire. To them I say: stop the killings and the destruction, and create space for lasting peace.”
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

OBSERVE
Use #DayOfPeace to post on social media.
HISTORY
The International Day Of Peace was declared by resolution 36/37 of the United Nations General Assembly in 1981.  The first observation of the day was in 1982.  For more information, please visit http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/