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Cookies by Design Celebrates National Adoption Day!

Saturday, Nov. 17 is National Adoption Day! In celebration, Cookies by Design is showing its support by generously donating 100 hand-decorated cookies to be handed out by Dallas CASA, which is hosting a day of festivities at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center Court Building in Dallas where adoptions are being finalized throughout the day.

National Adoption Day is a collective national effort to raise awareness of the more than 100,000 children in foster care waiting to find permanent, loving families. Continue reading →

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November 11^th is Veteran’s Day, a day to celebrate our troops and those who have served in the military.  This day is observed with great appreciation for our troops.  Its beginnings take us back to November 11, 1918, a day known to be the end of “the war to end all wars”.  November 11^th has been down a bumpy road, ending at a destination where it is revered and recognized by the veterans and people of the United States.

Veteran’s Day was originally called “Armistice Day”, to honor veterans of World War I, in 1938.  But after World War II and the Korean War, veterans’ service organizations urged that “Armistice” be replaced with “Veterans”, in June 1954.

In June of 1968, the Uniform Holiday Bill was passed, which intended for Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Columbus Day be celebrated on Mondays, giving three-day weekends for Federal employees.  Under this law, the first Veterans Day was on October 25, 1971.  After much confusion and lack of historical significance of October 25, President Ford returned Veterans Day to November 11 starting in 1978.  Continue reading →