Harrods is an upmarket department store located in London.The Harrods motto is Omnia Omnibus Ubique — All Things for All People, Everywhere.In this shop you can find anything,but it's really expensive. Harrods founder was Charles Henry Harrod first established his business in 1824 then Harrod's son expanded the shop. Harrods has a dress code policy, they turn away people with a mohican hair cut, soliders in uniform or a scout troop.
sabato 28 marzo 2015
venerdì 20 febbraio 2015
ROSA PARKS
Rosa Parks was born in 1913, she was an African-American Civil Rights activist. On December 1,she refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. She attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for training activists for workers' rights and racial equality. She was also active in the Black Power movement and the support of political prisoners in the US.In her final years, she suffered from dementia.
HALLOWEEN
Halloween is a yearly celebration observed in a lot of countries on 31 October, the eve of theWestern Christian feast of All Hallows' Day. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, decorating, carvingpumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories and watching horror films.
THANKSGIVING
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well.
BLACK FRIDAY
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States,it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the US. Black Friday is not a public holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees.
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States,Canada and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October. The precursor of Black History Month was created when Carter J. Woodson and the Association for the study of Negro Life and History decided that the "Negro History Week" was the second week of February.
sabato 7 febbraio 2015
SUPER BOWL
The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year.
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