Rockland Holiday Stroll Dec. 1st


Rockland Holiday Stroll 4-7 pm through Rockland Center. Downtown businesses and churches will be opening and offering holiday cheer. After a police and fire escort, Mrs. & Mrs. Santa Claus will arrive at the town hall at approx. 4pm to pose for free pictures with children.

Party Decorations with Flowers this Thanksgiving

Appointed as a day to give thanks for the bountiful gifts of the land, the first national Thanksgiving day was proclaimed by George Washington and celebrated on November 26, 1789. In 1863 Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday to be celebrated on the last Thursday of November. The Canadian observance of Thanksgiving began in 1879 and is celebrated annually on the second Monday of October.