On August 31, 1949, Louis Johnson, who was the United States’
Secretary of Defense, announced the creation of an Armed Forces
Day to replace separate Army, Navy and Air Force Days. The event
stemmed from the armed forces’ unification under one department
– the Department of Defense. The Army, Navy and Air Force leagues
adopted the newly formed day. The Marine Corps League declined
to drop support for Marine Corps Day but supports Armed Forces
Day too.

The first Armed Forces Day was celebrated on Saturday, May 20, 1950
with the theme “Teamed for Defense”, which expressed the unification
of all military forces under one government department. According to
the U.S. Department of Defense, the day was designed to expand public understanding of what type of job was performed and the role of the
military in civilian life.

Louis Arthur Johnson
(January 10, 1891 – April 24, 1966)

The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in 1908, when Anna
Jarvis held a memorial for her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in
Grafton, West Virginia. Today St Andrew’s Methodist Church now holds the
International Mother’s Day Shrine. Her campaign to make "Mother’s Day" a
recognized holiday in the United States began in 1905, the year her mother,
Ann Reeves Jarvis, died.

Andrews Methodist Church.

Cinco de Mayo (Spanish for "fifth of May") is observed to commemorate
the Mexican army‘s victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla
on May 5, 1862.

The song "Take It Easy" is a song written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey,
and recorded by the Eagles with Frey singing lead vocals. It was the band’s
first single. It peaked at No. 12 on the July 22, 1972 Billboard Hot 100 chart. It
also was the opening track on the band’s debut album Eagles and it has
become one of their signature songs, included on all of their live and
compilation albums. It is listed as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s
500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.

Glenn Frey (left) died January 18 of this year.

Earth Day is an annual event, celebrated on April 22, on which day events
worldwide are held to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It
was first celebrated in 1970, and is now coordinated globally by the Earth
Day Network, and celebrated in more than 193 countries each year.