Easter

The Easter lily owes it’s thanks to Louis Houghton who brought them back from a trip to Bermuda in 1919. He returned home to Oregon with a suitcase packed with bulbs he distributed to family and friends. In 1945 there were 1200 lily farms in Oregon and the US displaced Bermuda and Japan who dominated [...]

It’s an imaginary full moon that is used to compute of the date of Easter. It is the 14th day of the moon, counting from its first appearance after conjunction (roughly speaking, conjunction is the dark of the moon). You can see the ecclesiastical moon table or use our easter calculator
Here is the offical way [...]

The White House Easter Egg roll is believed to have originated by Dolly Madison. According to newspapers of the time there were public egg rolls as early as 1872, but these occurred on the lawn of the capital not the White House. In 1876 there was large crowd and heavy damage was inflicted upon the [...]

Easter Sunday is holiest days in the Christian calendar, second only to Christmas. The Easter holiday is a celebration of Christ’s resurrection. After Christ died on the cross he was placed in a borrowed grave on Good Friday. Three days later when the apostles went to the tomb they found stone covering the door had [...]