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Archive: June 2015 (2 Posts)

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

Father’s Day – Pic of the Week

Posted by: Francisco Macías

Our Mother’s Day post generated an inquiry from one of our readers:  “Is the history of Father’s Day similar?” The answer is, at once, yes and no. As with Mother’s Day, there may have been informal or even local celebrations that took place prior to it becoming a nationally observed holiday. However, the reality with Father’s Day is …

Ornate red and ivory wall decoration, with plaque and symbols

It’s No Longer Open Season on the Basque in Iceland

Posted by: Francisco Macías

This is a guest post by Wendy Zeldin, a senior legal research analyst in the Law Library’s Global Legal Research Directorate.  Having recently watched several episodes of The Eagle, whose protagonist is a troubled but brilliant Icelandic detective working in Denmark, and having followed the exploits of Arnaldur Indridason’s Detective Erlendur, I consider myself no …