March is Moving to Marvelous Facts

March is Moving with Marvelous Facts
By Anna Ziegler 

    
     March is one of many peoples favorite month. It is the time period where the season completely switches over from winter to spring. It is a time when no one knows for sure what the weather will look like due to the switching of seasons. When people think about the month of March, many things comes to mind : flowers, fresh air, rain, cleaning, butterflies, girl scout cookies, and four leaf clovers. 

    This month is very interseting, and when I say interesting I don't mean that the month has thiry-one days but facts that one may not know. To start off March was named Martius after Mars, who was the Roman of war. They named this month in honor of the Roman God of War because March was the month when many wars took place.With saying that, March was actually used to be the first month of the year on the Roman calender, this is why we always use the saying "fresh new start" to talk about March. 

    March not alone is the month celebrating Woman's History but many more fun holidays. Some of the holidays celeberated in March are : Saint Patricks day, sometimes Easter, Peanut Butter Lovers Day (March 1st), No Smoking Day and Harriet Tubman Day (March 10th) and Waffle Day (March 25th). This month is filled with interesting holidays that many do not know about. 

    Along with celebrations, March is filled with alot of amazing birthdays. To start off it on March 12th, 1912 Juliette Low founded Girl Scouts. In honor of her all Girl Scout cookies are given out during the month of March. During this month four United States Presidents were also born : Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Grover Cleveland and John Tyler. But one we can not forget is on March 26th, the journalism teacher at Falls Church High School was born, Mr.Simon. 

    Many intertesting facts happen during this month. Some more are that March's birthflower is the Daffodil. The birthstone for March is aquarmarine and bloodstone. It is the National Nrtition and American Red Cross Motnth. Also March and Novemeber start on the same day of the week every year, and that is the only two month that happens to.  Next time the month of March pops into your head, I hope you think of these cool facts as well as the "new fresh start" month phrase.