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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Big Bear Valley Historical Museum
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009The Big Bear Valley…
No trip to Big Bear Valley is complete without a visit to the Big Bear Valley Historical Museum.
Here the exciting and Romantic History of this fascinating high mountain country is preserved by numerous exhibits that include the Indian period to the present time.
Many additional new displays keep the museum changing and growing with each passing season. The Museum is the most affordable family destination in the Big Bear Valley. A required minimum donation is just $3.00 per adult. Children 14 and under are free. They have guide visitors to assist you with your questions about the facility.
There’s also a gift shop that offers many unique souvenirs, post cards, and historical books at the modest prices!!
A little History on the Museum: Peter Pan Woodland Club, D.P. Terry of Beverly Hills, a. were asked to build a store at the site of the present Community Services District offices. This was finally completed about 1929, and was leased to several merchants who are unknown. In the early 1930′s Frank and Freda Jakobi bought the store and ran it as the Big Bear Community Market. Now there is a new Community Market off of Greenway and Big Bear Blvd., which was built in 1940. Following years of intensive work and preparation, a dedication ceremony was held for the new Museum on June 12, 1982. Since then the museum has been open to the public each year from the end of May to early October!
So just a little History on history of our little unique museum that will soon be reopened!!
The history of Big Bear never seems to amaze me, there is so much to learn in this town, that everyday I’m still learning about the facts of this gorgeous town! I have lived up here for approxmately 17yrs, off and on and until this day I retrieve a little more of Big Bear!
Wow, the life up here is a beauty, I couldn’t of asked for more!!!
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Kindred Spirits Cabin
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009
Kindred Spirits Vacation Cabin In Big Bear
I just made it out to see one of our newest homes on the program,
This adorable log style cabin can sleep up to six people in a two-story floorplan. It has a lovely deck with chairs and a table for you to sit back and relax in the outdoors.
If you’ve spent enough time outside, no worries. This cabin has a TV with a great selection of movies to watch and games to play while you stay here. And the decor will remind you that you are in the mountains with its rustic appeal. So, don’t let this cutie pass you buy, book your stay today!
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What Is St. Patrick’s Day?
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009St. Patrick’s Day is a religious feast day observed on the anniversary of his death, March 17. St. Patrick’s Day falls during the Christian season of Lent which prohibits the consumption of meat. Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon, the prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and the people would dance, drink, and feast on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage. Up until the 1970′s Irish laws prohibited pubs across Ireland from opening on March 17 due to the quite dignity of the holy day.
The United States is the home to the very first St. Patrick’s Day Parade when Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through the streets of New York City on March 17, 1762. This parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots as well as with fellow Irishmen serving in the English army. Through the next thirty-five years Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, which prompted the rise of “Irish Aid” societies that would hold annual parades. In 1848 several New York Irish aid societies united their parades to form one New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade. That parade is held to this day and is the world’s oldest civilian parade as well as being the largest held in the United States. President Truman attended the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in New York City in 1948, this was a proud moment for many Irish Americans whose ancestors fought stereotypes and racial prejudice to be accepted in America.
In 1962, two hundred years after the first St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Chicago pollution-control workers used green dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges. They realized that this might provide a unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year they poured 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river, this was enough to keep the river green for a week. Today they only use 40 pounds of dye which will keep it green for only a few hours.
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About St. Patrick
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!!
One of Christianity’s most widely known figures is St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. St. Patrick was not actually Irish he was born to a wealthy British family near the end of the fourth century. St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17 the day that St.. Patrick is believed to have died in 460 A.D. For over 1000 years the Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday.
At the age of 16 Patrick was taken prisoner by a group of Irish raiders that attacked his family’s estate. He was transported to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity. While in being held prisoner he worked as a shephard, outdoors and away from people. He became a devote Christian while lonely and afraid he had turned to his religion for solace.
Patrick escaped captivity, when according to his writings, a voice-that he believed to be God’s-spoke to him in a dream. The voice told him that it was time for him to leave Ireland. After escaping Patrick walked nearly 200 miles from County Mayo, where it is believed he was held, to the coast of Ireland. Once back in Britain, Patrick had a dream in which an angel told him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Patrick then began religious training that lasted for 15 years. Once he was ordained as a pries he was sent to Ireland to minister to Christians already in Ireland and to convert the rest of the Irish.
Patrick chose to incorporate some traditional Celtic rituals, honoring their gods with fire, into his lessons. Patrick created the Celtic cross by superimposing a son onto the Christian cross. He did this so that veneration of the symbol would feel more natural to the Irish because the sun was a powerful Irish symbol. Although there was a small number of Christians already on the island most of the Irish practiced a nature-based pagan religion. About two hundred years after the arrival of St.. Patrick Ireland was completely Christianized with the predominant religion being Catholic.
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Leprechaun’s Are An American Invention
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009The cheerful, friendly leprechaun that most Americans associate with St. Patrick’s Day is a purely American invention. Thanks to Walt Disney, who in 1959 released a movie called Darby O’Gill & the Little People, we were introduced to a very different type of leprechaun than the cantankerous little fellow of Irish folklore. St. Patrick’s Day, a Catholic holy day, had nothing to do with leprechaun’s until this movie helped make belief in them more mainstream.
“Lobaircin” is the original Irish name for these figures in folklore meaning “small-bodied fellow”. The belief in these little people more than likely stems from Celtic belief in fairies. Fairies are tiny men and women with magical powers that are used to serve either good or evil. In Celtic folklore leprechauns were cranky souls that are responsible for mending the other fairies shoes. Even though they were only minor figures in Celtic folklore the leprechaun was known for their trickery, which was often used to help protect their fabled treasures.
Since the release of Disney’s movie the leprechaun has very quickly evolved into the cheerful little fellow that we know and love as one of the most recognized symbol’s of St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland.
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Banishing Of The Snakes
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009It has long been believed that during his mission in Ireland St. Patrick stood on a hilltop, now known as Croagh Patrick, and with only a wooden staff at his side banished all the snakes from Ireland.
When in fact the island nation of Ireland never was home to any snakes. The “banishing of the snakes” was in reality a metaphor for the removal of pagan ideology and the triumph of Christianity in Ireland. Two hundred years after Patrick’s arrival the people of Ireland were completely Christianized, with St. Patrick being largely responsible for Catholicism being the most dominant religion in Ireland.
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Is It A Shamrock or Clover?
Sunday, March 15th, 2009The shamrock and the clover, what is the difference?
Shamrock
Well, nothing really. The word Irish “shamrock” translates to clover in English.
The real difference comes in the amount of leaves that the clover bears, and we all know that the four leaf clover is the lucky one. Why? Well, it is much more rare to find one of these. It has been studied, and the four leaf clover is a special mutation of the three leaf clover, and its said only one of ten thousand plants mutate, making it a very unique occasion to find one.
The four leaves of the clover stand for, hope, faith, luck and love. The three leaf clover is commonly associated with Christian Trinity. For instance, think of the sign of the cross for the Catholic religion, Its forehead, shoulder, shoulder, three leaves.
The history of the clover still holds many mythical beliefs such as, that they posses a magic in them, to be able to see fairies and plant spirits. So this St. Patrick’s Day, I wish you all the luck and if you can’t get your hands on a four leaf clover, maybe have yourself another pint and you’ll see the fairies and spirits without the shamrock!
