Can you believe this month is almost gone? I don’t know about you but I can’t. Although I am having fun sharing our series on Holiday Insights, Daily Holidays, Traditions, Facts, more! April 19th.
I hope your enjoying this series and our series sharing Food Holiday as both can be used when Homeschooling your students. Or for conversation starters with your friends and family.
Yyou think you found a fun day to hang out with your friends, didn’t you? Well I hate to tell you but your wrong!!! National Hanging Out Day is about having fun hanging your laundry out to dry.
Now that you know what this day is for, you’re probably thinking “I’ve been tricked. This holiday should be titled “National Hang Your Laundry Day”.
You are absolutely right on both accounts. We believe that the creator of this day was using word play, which can be a #HomeschoolTeachingMoment allowing you to have fun on our account.
Before you ask does anyone still hang clothes out to dry and yes, we do. We don’t even own a Washer or Dryer. Most of the time we don’t even go to the Laundry Mat we wash everything out by hand.
Which is another #HomeschoolTeachingMoment for our children. This week Charlie and I will be creating Homemade Laundry Soap and hanging up a Clothesline then he will wash his own clothes.
Did You Know? Electric and gas clothes dryers consume 5.8% of residential energy consumption. Which is one of the reasons we don’t use them in our home.
National Hanging Out Day was created by Project Laundry List as a protest against local laws banning the hanging of clothes outdoors on an “ugly clothesline”.
The Holiday was created to encourage people to dry their clothes, indoors or out on clothes line, and to fight for the right to do so. Project Laundry List also encourages and promotes the use of washing your laundry in cold water, for energy and environmental reasons. Which is the only type of water we use in our home.
For the Record:
- The earliest clothes dryers were created in England and France in the 1800s.
- Early clothes dryers were called “ventilators”. #HomeschoolTeachingMoment
- George T. Sampson of Dayton Ohio patented the first clothes dryer on June 7, 1892. It had a rack and used heat from a stove.
- In 1955, only 10% of U.S. households had a clothes dryer, as they were too expensive for most families.
There are many reasons to use a clothes line to dry your clothes.
- Clotheslines save you money.
- They also saves energy consumption.
- Hanging clothes outside is environmentally “green”, as it doesn’t use fossil fuels.
- Drying clothes on a clothesline enhances freshness and helps eliminate strong odors.
- Drying on a clothesline is gentler on clothes.
- Hanging clothes requires a little exercise on your part.
- Drying clothes on a clothesline eliminates the risk of dryer fires.
- Many people today, have no idea what a clothesline or a clothes pin is!
Ask your children if they know what a clothes pin is. Then have them draw a picture of one showing the proper way to hang clothes up.
Patriot’s Day – third Monday of the month
Happy Patriots Day which is a huge holiday in the New England area. Sorry football fans, this is not a celebration of the NFL’s New England Patriots. Which is fine with my family because we don’t follow Football. Do you?
Rather, a celebration of the American Revolution and the many brave patriots who fought to gain freedom from British rule. The history of this day goes back to the birth of our country and the Revolutionary War..
Some people know little or nothing about Patriot’s Day. For New Englanders, its the birthplace of the American Revolutionary War, and today is a big, big day. In the states in New England, it’s a holiday with a day off of work for many.
Patriot’s Day commemorates the Battle of Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775. This battle began the American Revolutionary War and also commemorates the “Midnight Ride of Paul Revere”. On this evening, Patriot Paul Revere rode through town warning the colonists that “The Red Coats are coming!”
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
