WWII begins – Hitler invades Poland – September 1, 1939
“The world must know what happened and never forget.”
– Dwight D. Eisenhower
“We owe our World War II veterans- and all our veterans – a debt we can never repay.”
– Doc Hastings
National Cheese Pizza Day – September 5
“There’s very little in my world that a foot massage and a thin crust everything-on-it pizza won’t set right.”
– G.A. McKevett
“I found a really good Brussel sprouts recipe on Instagram. It’s really good. It’s easy. Take the Brussel sprouts, cut them in half, put them on a baking sheet, put olive oil, salt and pepper on them. Put ’em in the oven. 450° for about 15 minutes and you take them out and you throw them in the trash and then order a pizza. It’s so good. It’s so easy. Just follow instructions.”
– Tim Hawkins
Read a Book Day – September 6
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
– Joseph Addison
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”
– Charles W. Eliot
“From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
– Groucho Marx
Labor Day – September 7
“It was working men and women who made the 20th century the American century.”
– Barak Obama
“A dream doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.”
– Colin Powell
“No great achievement is possible without persistent work.”
– Bertrand Russell
World Trade Center attack – September 11, 2001
“Today, our nation saw evil—the very worst of human nature—and we responded with the best of America. With the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.”
– President George W. Bush
“On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood, all Americans became New Yorkers.”
– Former New York Governor, George Pataki
National Grandparents Day – September 13
“I used to think I was too old to fall in love again, but then I become a grandparent.”
– Unknown
“Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap.”
– Doug Larson
National Hispanic Heritage Month – September 15 – October 15
“The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.” – Julia Alvarez
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
– Cesar Chavez
Citizenship Day – September 17
“Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives. A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy or perhaps both”
– James Madison
“Numerous emigrants, of every lineage and language, attracted by the civil and religious freedom we enjoy and by our happy condition, annually crowd to our shores, and transfer their heart, not less than their allegiance, to the country whose dominion belongs alone to the people”.
– James Polk
Ice cream cone invented – September 22, 1903
“Life is like an ice cream cone; you have to lick it one day at a time.”
– Charles M. Schulz
“Number of empty Ben & Jerry’s containers: 3 — two mint chocolate cookie, one plain vanilla. (Who buys plain vanilla ice cream from Ben & Jerry’s, anyway? Is there a greater waste?)”
– Ally Carter
Good Neighbor Day – September 28
“Love your neighbor as yourself, but don’t take down the fence.”
– Carl Sandburg
“Like a good neighbor, stay over there.”
– modern saying
National Dog Week – 4th week of September
“A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.”
– Josh Billings
“A dog wags its tail with its heart.”
– Guiding Eyes for the Blind
Library Card Sign-up Month
“The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man”
– T.S. Eliot
“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”
– Sidney Sheldon
National Good Manners Month
“The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.”
– Khalil Gibran
“Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
– Theodore Roosevelt