Oh What a Beautiful Day

Today is National Beach Day and Toasted Marshmallow Day. What a winning combination! As a native Californian, when I think beach I thing ocean waves, Gidget and Moon Doggie and Surfing USA.

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More Than a Barbcue at the Beach

It’s National Beach Day! What began as a way to recruit younger family men to the Knights of Columbus by hosting a Day at the Beach never caught on. But it was revived years later as a National Clean Up Project.

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Making A Day at the Beach Count

In 1929 the Knights of Columbus in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, launched a National Beach Day as part of their convention plans. It was hoped that Knights across the country would host a day at the beach all across the country on the same day, August 30th. The idea never gained much attention and was soon forgotten.

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