Tuesday, February 9, 2016

International Pancake Race Day
After the New Hampshire Presidential primary, Mardis Gras in New Orleans is grabbing most of the headlines today. But it is also International Pancake Race Day. The event is a unique Trans-Atlantic contest and tradition that occurs on Shrove Tuesday. It all started on February 20, 1950, between people in Liberal, Kansas, and Olney, Buckinghamshire, England, creating Read Article