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November is the eleventh month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian Calendars, the The fourth and last of four months to have a length of 30 days and the fifth and Villager last of five months to have a length of fewer than 31 days. November was the OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF COLONIAL VILLAGE 11-01-2020 ninth month of the calendar of Romulus c. 750 BC. It is the last month of the fall season. November in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to May in the Southern Hemisphere. Elections are held in the United States on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The third Thursday of November is the Great American Smoke out. About November

Thanksgiving, which occurs on the fourth Thursday in November, is based on the colonial Pilgrims' 1621 harvest meal. The holiday continues to be a day for Americans to gather for a day of feasting, football and family. Thanksgiving is a holiday that reminds us that there's more to be thankful for than sad about. The earthy scent typical of autumn is the work of fungi and bacteria that decomposes plant matter in the soil. But a different chemical reaction in katsura leaves conjures fall spice, caramel and burned sugar. As the trees heart- November Birthdays! shaped leaves ignite, changing from plum purple or green to buttered-rum yellow, they abandon the grassy, hay-like smell of leftover chlorophyll and adopt a scent more Health Care: Leola Lincoln11/15, Delmar Senger 11/25 Assisted appropriate for a bakery. Here are some adjectives for autumn: bland, indolent, pagan, Living Donald Freely 11/07, Norma Freely 11/09, Glenn Woodmancy 11/14, Patricia jocund, gentler, warmer, alive and well last, somewhat breezy, large disorganized, Morgan 11/22, Estelle Fisch 11/29, Independent Living: Doris Pankratz 11/01, picturesque and florid, sometimes late, long and not unhappy, late rich, bright hardy, fast Leslie Beard 11/01, Lawrence Selin 11/02, Warren Wilt 11/05, Doris McAfee bleak, bleak and blustery, ruddy, luscious, frosty bare, upheaval last. And many more! 11/06, Barbara Jacobs 11/10, Lavonna Kirby11/12, Jaqueline Keener 11/18

70: Lauren Hutton NOV 17: The girl famous for her gaptoothed Sir Winston Churchill. Churchill was born at the family's estate near Oxford on smile went from supermodel to actress, starring in American Gigolo in November 30, 1874. He was educated at the Harrow prep school, where he performed so 1980 — then back to modeling at age 46. Nov. 3 (80) Michael poorly that he did not even bother to apply to Oxford or Cambridge. Princess was Dukakis Massachusetts longest-serving governor. related to a lot of prominent people in history. However, looking at the Spencer family tree, the Princess was also related to . The former Prime minister and the late princess were distant cousins and shared some relatives. Began his walk with destiny as Prime Minister of the coalition government in World War II masterminding battle strategy and the diplomacy which ultimately drew the USA into the conflict. He was British prime minister from 1940-1945 and again between 1951 and1955. In a recent pole voted the November Poem Greatest Britain of all time the result of which is difficult to argue against! Oct 27, 2009 — Sir Winston Churchill won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953 for his six-volume history of World War II. Churchill is best remembered for successfully leading Britain "November comes and November goes, through World War Two. He was famous for his inspiring speeches, and for his refusal to With the last red berries and the first white snows. give in, even when things were going badly. Churchill is forced to lie to the Queen when he With night coming early, And dawn coming late, suffers a debilitating stroke. In real life, the Queen was aware of Churchill's stroke. And ice in the bucket and frost by the gate. Churchill passed in 1965 at the age of 90. The fires burn And the kettles sing, And earth sinks to rest Until next spring." - Clyde Watson

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