Every family around the world that celebrates Easter has their own traditions. Easter was a big deal in my family growing up. When I was young, we would get all dressed up…
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The Origins of the Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is one of the best known symbols of Easter, but what are the Easter Bunny’s origins? We know him as the fuzzy figure who hides eggs for children to…
Holidays around the World
One of the goals we aspired to when we started Researcher’s Gateway was to provide information about the many holidays around the world If you have been following, you can already tell…
Who was Saint Patrick?
Saint Patrick, the legend behind the world known holiday, is the best known of the Patron Saints of Ireland. He was British, born a Romano- Briton, and is best known as the…
Black History Month – Josephine Baker, Performer
Josephine Baker was the first African-American actress to star in a major motion picture. She also served as spy in World War II. She was born as Freda Josephine McDonald 3rd June…
How Valentine’s Day became a secular holiday.
So now that you have read about St. Valentine in our previous blog, how did we go from his story to having the secular holiday of Valentine’s Day? Despite the heart shapes…
Saint Valentine – The origin of Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day, also known as St. Valentine’s Day and celebrated usually on February 14, started as the feast day for St. Valentine. The feast day was first created by Pope Gelasius in…
Chinese New Year – Year of the Pig
As a young girl, I was always fascinated by Chinese New Year. I would read about the celebrations and often talked to some of my father’s graduate students about it and learned…
Black History Month – Amazing Firsts by African American Women
Welcome to Black History Month: Amazing Firsts by African-American Woman at The Researcher’s Gateway. We are beyond excited to bring to you the stories of some of the most incredible and influential…
What’s coming in to Researcher’s Gateway in 2019!
It’s a new year for everyone. That means exciting things are coming for The Researcher’s Gateway in 2019. We have a lot more Research Blogs posts coming up, as well as several…