3/15/25 & 3/16/25 - Beware the Ides of March

Saturday 3/15/25

Sunday 3/16/25

It’s been a week, so this will be short today. Enjoy your weekend and get ready for St. Patrick's Day Monday.

Et Tu, Chef?

Celebrate:

Saturday

The Ides of March - The Roman calendar, which dates back to 753 BCE, had three fixed points throughout the month: Nones, Ides, and Kalends. Ides took place around the midpoint of each month, occurring on the 13th or 15th. In March it took place on the 15th.

The Ides of March is most remembered as being the anniversary of the day that Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE. The day did, however, have some significance before this infamous event. It had long been a day of religious observances. The Ides of each month was sacred to Jupiter, Rome's supreme deity. Flamen Dialis, Jupiter's high priest, would traditionally lead an "Ides sheep" along the streets of Rome before it was sacrificed. The first part of March consisted of new year's celebrations, as March was the first month of the Roman calendar. The Feast of Anna Perenna, a goddess of the year, was a festival held on the Ides that closed down the new year's celebrations. Celebrants gathered outside of Rome, along the banks of the Tiber River, for food, drink, music, and sacrifices to Anna Perenna for a prosperous new year. The Ides of March was also used by Romans as a deadline for settling debts.

Also, National Brutus Day - The famous phrase "Et tu, Brute?" (meaning "You too, Brutus?") is often attributed to Caesar upon seeing Brutus among the conspirators, though there is no evidence that these were his exact last words.

Marcus Junius Brutus, often simply called Brutus, was a Roman politician and a key figure in the assassination of Julius Caesar. He was a respected senator and a former friend of Caesar. 

Dumbstruck Day

Everything You Think is Wrong Day

International Day Against Police Brutality

International Eat an Animal for PETA Day

International Sports Car Racing Day

Maple Syrup Saturday

National Corndog Day

National Egg Cream Day

National Peanut Lovers Day

National Pears Helene Day

National Quilting Day

National shoe the World Day

Play the Recorder Day

True Confessions Day

World Consumer Rights Day

Sunday

Black Press Day

Buzzard Day

Curlew Day - it's a bird

Everything You Do is Right Day

Freedom of Information Day

Goddard Day

Lips Appreciation Day

National Artichoke Heart Day

National Curl Crush Day

National Panda Day

St. Urho's Day - celebrates the legend of St. Urho, which originated in Northern Minnesota in the 1950s. The day spread through Minnesota amongst Finnish communities on the Mesabi Iron Range and is now celebrated in Finnish communities across the United States and Canada. The day even made its way to Finland. Government officials have made proclamations for the day. For example, former Minnesota Governor Wendell Anderson made a proclamation for it in 1975. In many communities, it is more widely celebrated than St. Patrick's Day, a holiday that occurs the following day.

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