Excerpt taken from www.history.com​






St. Patrick’s Day takes place each year on March 17, the traditional religious feast day of Saint Patrick.

St. Patrick’s Day Celebration

• Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional St. Patrick’s Day dish. 
• Irish soda bread gets its name and distinctive character from the use of baking soda rather than yeast as a leavening agent.
• Lime green chrysanthemums are often requested for St. Patrick’s Day parades and celebrations.
  
  

St. Patrick’s Day Parade

• The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in the United States on March 17, 1762, when Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City.
• More than 100 St. Patrick’s Day parades are held across the United States. New York City and Boston are home to the largest celebrations.
• At the annual New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade, participants march up 5th Avenue from 44th Street to 86th Street. Each year, between 150,000 and 250,000 marchers take part in the parade, which does not allow automobiles or floats.
  
  

Places to Spend St. Patrick’s Day

• There are seven places in the United States named after the shamrock, the floral emblem of Ireland including Mount Gay-Shamrock, West Virginia; Shamrock, Texas; Shamrock Lakes, Indiana; and Shamrock, Oklahoma.
• Sixteen U.S. places share the name of Ireland’s capital, Dublin. With 44,541 residents, Dublin, California, is the largest of the nice, followed by Dublin, Ohio, with 39,310.
• Other towns with the luck of the Irish include Emerald Isle, North Carolina and Irishtown, Illinois.

2019 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

February: 
9th: Festival of the Falling Snowflakes – Dog Sled races, Chili cook off, bonfire (Saturday)
 
April: 
13th:  Easter Festivities @ Library: Easter bunny, egg hunt (Saturday)
 
May:
TBD:  First National Bank – Plant Day (Friday)
26th:  Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast (Sunday)
 
June: 
TBD: Garden Club’s annual perennial flower sale (Saturday)
15th: Library Open House & book sale (Saturday)
 
July:             
5th & 6th: Bigfoot days: Pancake Breakfast, Family Picnic, Bingo, BBQ Contest, 5K run and more!

​August: 
9th & 10th:  Remer's 72nd Annual Harvest Festival: TBD
 
September:   
1st:   Fireman’s Pancake Breakfast (Sunday)
12th-28th:   Fall has it all. 
14th& 15th:  Bigfoot Music Festival (Saturday & Sunday)
14th: Library – Author talk & book sale 
 
October:   
6th:  Fireman’s Annual “Outdoorsman Night” (Saturday)   
15th:  Annual Chamber Dinner (Tuesday) 
31st : Haunted House
31st : Trunk or Treat – School parking lot (Thursday)
 
November: 
34th : Turkey Bingo (Sunday)
 
December: 
TBD:   First National Bank Christmas Open House (Friday)
7th:   Santa comes to the Library (Saturday)
13th: Christmas Crawl (Friday)
17th: Chamber's Christmas potluck & monthly meeting

​It's that time of year again; the Holiday Season is upon us and one of the many happenings in the Remer area is the Chamber's annual Christmas Crawl.  This has really turned out to be a fun event and is greatly anticipated by the community.  The Chamber wishes to thanks all the merchants and businesses that participate in the crawl by opening their doors "after hours" and offer many store specials, gift drawings, food and drink.  Many thanks also to Cheire Frick who spearheads the event with downtown businesses and gets these awesome posters around town.

​Hope to see you all on the 15th!

​Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a public holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after Congress requested a proclamation by George Washington. It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November. Together with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader fall/winter holiday season in the U.S.  (Wikipedia)

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1. According to superstition, if you stare into a mirror at midnight on Halloween, what will you see?
2. From which region in the world do pumpkins originate?
3. Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?
4. Transylvania is a region in which country?
5. Halloween has its origins in which ancient Celtic festival?
6. Which actor played Dr. Frank-n-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show?
7. Is a pumpkin a fruit or a vegetable?
8. What is the significance of seeing a spider on Halloween?
9. Which country celebrates the Day of the Dead starting at midnight on Oct. 31?
10. According to superstition, a person born on Halloween has what particular ability?

Taken from an internet site; check back for answers and more trivia fun!​

1. In which country did Halloween originate?
2. Which Catholic Church holiday is Halloween linked to?
3. What was the name of Dracula’s sidekick?
4. From which words did ‘bonfire’ originate?
5. What does the name Dracula mean?
6. What was Dracula’s real name?
7. Who was the first actor to play Wolf Man?
8. Which phobia means you have an intense fear of Halloween?
9. Out of which vegetable were Jack O’ Lanterns originally made?
10. Every Halloween, Charlie Brown helps his friend Linus wait for what character to appear?

​2017 marks the 70th anniversary of Remer's annual Harvest Festival. Inspired by the efforts of the new Community Garden program,  the Chamber chose to reflect on the original intent of the festival in 1947 which was for the town to come together and celebrate a successful growing season.  Thus this year's theme is "Celebrating The Harvest".

Preliminary line up of events:
​     Friday August 11th starts off the festival with many of the flea marketers already in place for your shopping pleasure.  At the Fire Hall starting around 5 pm St. Paul's Catholic Church is once again sponsoring a Cake Walk & Bake Sale.  Our 'Garden Party' also features food prepared by Terry Gross, Awards Ceremony at 6:00 to announce Grand Marshal and Business of the Year followed by music by The Buzzardz until Fireworks at dusk.

​     Saturday August 12th is a full day of events starting with the Pancake Breakfast sponsored by First National Bank North from 8-10 am at the Depot (Old Village Hall if inclement weather).  Walt's Bloody Mary Bar will be on hand again this year.  All day Flea Market, crafters, kid's games and various food vendors are expected.  We have the Kiddie parade followed by the main parade at noon down Main Street (new parade staging area this year due to construction at the school, details to follow), with Bingo at 1:30 and Meat Raffle at 3 pm at the Fire Hall.  More music by The Buzzardz and we wrap up the festival with the raffle drawing at the Muni.

​     The Chamber's Traveling Beer Wagon will be in town both days too!  

     The "Inspire Me" Playground committee will be having a fundraiser yard sale and silent auction set up on the corner of 2nd & Main St. 

​Parade Registration Form

​* With continued construction at the Northland School the parking lot will not be available for lining up floats and other parade entries.  This year you will need to take County Rd. 4 to Airport Rd. to 1st Ave. NE to Spruce St. to 3rd Ave. NE.  Here's a map;  Parade Line-up
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​Check back for updates...

​The Home of Bigfoot, Remer, MN presents the 2nd Annual   Bigfoot Days! July 7th & 8th in Remer, MN

​Schedule of Events:
Friday, July 7th   (at the Depot)
MN Bigfoot Research Team & She Squatchers Live Storytelling
Bigfoot Meat Raffle
Live Music (Depot & PUB)
Beer Wagon & Bloody Mary Bar
Saturday, July 8th
Pancake Breakfast
Bigfoot 5k (register at Active.com)
Bouncy House & Kids Games
Adult Bigfoot Geocache Competition
ATV Ride for Cancer
Kids ATV Parade
Kids Scavenger Hunt
3 on 3 Basketball Tournament
Live Music at the Depot
Bigfoot BBQ Contest 
Kids Bigfoot Calling Contest
Bigfoot Meat Raffle
Live Music at the PUB & Muni
Adult Bigfoot Calling Contest
For more info visit Homeofbigfoot.com or the Home Of Bigfoot facebook page.
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It has felt like summer at times for weeks, but now it's official. Kind of.
June 1 marks the first day of meteorological summer in the Northern Hemisphere.
Meteorologists mark the seasons using three-month chunks of time, and summer for them officially begins today.
But most people probably mark the beginning of the season with the summer solstice -- also known as the longest day of the year.
This year the summer solstice will fall on June 20 at 11:24 p.m. CDT.
That means that this year, summer will begin on June 20 for the most of the U.S. -- except for those in the Eastern Time Zone, when it will come on June 21 at 12:24 a.m. EDT.
The summer solstice marks the day with the most hours of sunlight for the entire year.
From now until June 21 the day length will increase by about a minute each day. Both June 20 and 21 will have the most daylight: 14 hours, 22 minutes and 39 seconds, according to Timeanddate.com.
The days will begin to get shorter following the solstice, culminating in the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice on Dec. 21 at 10:27 a.m. CST.
The seasons are marked by two solstices and two equinoxes.
According to NASA, they are determined based on the Earth's tilt on its axis and the sun's alignment over the equator.
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Meteorologists use a different method to mark the seasons, basing them on the annual temperature cycle and our calendar.
Meteorological summer is made up of the months of June, July and August. Fall is September, October and November. Winter is December, January and February, and spring is March, April and May.
According to NOAA the meteorological seasons were created for observing and forecasting purposes and are more closely tied to the civil calendar than the astronomical seasons.
Consistency is also a factor. Breaking the seasons into neat, thee-month chunks makes it easier to tabulate data and track trends.