How May Day Became America's Missing Holiday

By Brandyn Buchanan

You’re exhausted.

Let’s face it, the last couple of years have been bad for the average person’s mental health.

Whether it was the virus, the cops, the economy — it’s been a historically stressful time. So it makes sense that people have been a little extra enthusiastic about the holidays this year.

It’s an international holiday in the rest of the world, but in America, May Day is a little less relevant than Taco Tuesday.

It rhymes, it’s cute to say — and that’s about it.

So what happened? Why does the rest of the world get a holiday that we don’t? Especially in a culture that seems to celebrate any reason to spend money?

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When: Thursday, April 28, 4:30 - 5:30pm
Where: Infinite Energy Center in Duluth (6400 Sugarloaf Pkwy)

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