Josh Turner (Birthday 20th November)

Joshua Otis "Josh" Turner an American country music singer-songwriter was born on 20th November, 1977 in Hannah, S.C. Josh Turner signed to the MCA Nashville Records in the year of 2003; Josh Turner made his first appearance on American country music charts with Top 20 single “Long Black Train", a song which achieved critical commendation for its neotraditionalist country styling. And his unveiling album, named Long Black Train, was unconfined in the year of 2004. Josh Turner has been qualified platinum.

In the year of 2005, Josh Turner charted his initial two Number One singles on Billboard country charts: "Would You Go With Me", and "Your Man", equally from his Your Man album, which has been qualified 2* Multi Platinum in US. And the album produced #16-peaking “Me and God”, duo with bluegrass performer Ralph Stanley.

Josh Turner 3rd studio album, named Everything Is Fine, was unconfined in October 2007. It formed the #2 hit "Firecracker" and the #15 "Another Try", a duo with Trisha Year wood.

Biography of Josh Turner

Josh Turner grew up in church. Josh sang the bass and also baritone parts in several choirs. And after high school, Josh shifted to Nashville to follow an occupation in the music and registered in Belmont University. And after passing college, his hatchling career increased on 21st December, 2001. Through Josh Turner debut on Grand Ole Opry, when Josh Turner debuted the song Josh Turner composed titled "Long Black Train." Josh Turner achieved a status acclaim in the mid of the song, and then sang again for encore...More

Hanukkah History

Hanukkah is a much celebrated annual Jewish Festival which begins on the 25th day of the third month (Kislev) of Jewish calendar. According to Georgian calendar the festival is celebrated in the months of November-December. This festival, also called the ‘Festival of Lights’ is celebrated for eight successive days and nights. The Jewish festival has an interesting history. The History of Hanukkah dates back to 2nd century BC, when Antiochus IV Epiphanies, the Greek king was the overlord of Palestine and Syria. The festival honors the rededication of the ‘Temple of Jerusalem’ (Temple of Menorah) by the great Judas McCabe in 165 BC.

Hanukkah means ‘dedication’ in Jewish. The king Antiochus banned Jewish rituals and ordered all Jews to worship the Greek Gods. The holy Temple of Menorah (candelabra) in Jerusalem was in devastating condition under the Greek Lordship. There was constant rebellion by Jews against the aggression of Greek King and his atrocities.

The rebellion has a sudden outburst in a small village called Median near Jerusalem when a General and his soldiers were killed by Jewish Head Priest called Mattathias and his sons. Later on one of his five sons, Judah Maccabee took the charge and stormed the establishment of the Greeks in some parts of Jerusalem. In 165 BC Judah and his men were successful in getting hold of their ‘Holy Temple Menorah”. They were much saddened at the condition of the temple and missing elements including the golden menorah. They cleaned the temple premises and repaired themselves. When they were finished they decided to have a dedication ceremony and fixed the 25th day of Kislev......More

Thanksgiving Day History

Thanksgiving Day, official public holiday in the U.S., initially celebrated in early regal times in New England. The real source, though, is perhaps the harvest festivals that are customary in a lot of parts of the world Festivals and Feasts. After the first harvest was finished by the Plymouth colonists in 1621, Governor William Bradford announced a day of thanksgiving and prayer, shared by all the colonists and nearby Native Americans. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three day "thank you" festivity to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for coaching them the survival talent they desired to make it in the New World. It was their good luck that the custom of the Wampanoag’s was to treat any guest to their homes with a share of whatsoever foodstuff the folks had, even if provisions were short. It was also an remarkable stroke of luck that one of the Wampanoag, Tisquantum or Squanto, had turn out to be close friends with a British explorer, John Weymouth, and had learned the Pilgrim's words in his travels to England with Weymouth.

After the first New England Thanksgiving the tradition extended all the way through the colonies, but every province decided its individual date. In 1789 George Washington, the first president of the United States, announced November 26 a day of Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving Day continued to be celebrated in the United States on diverse days in different states until Mrs. Sarah Josepha Hale, editor of Godey's Lady's Book, resoluted to do somewhat about it. For more than 30 years she wrote mails to the senate and presidents requesting them to make Thanksgiving Day a nationwide holiday.

Finally, in 1863, President Lincoln issued a White House public statement calling on the "whole American people" wherever they lived to fuse "with one heart and one voice" in observing a particular day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the last Thursday of November for the reason, the President advocated for the prayers in the churches and in the homes to "beseech the interposition of the almighty had to heal the wounds of the nations and to restore it...to full pleasure of calm, concord, serenity and unification." He also states that they articulate sincere thanks for the "blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skies."...More