- Meditate in your garden on May 3rd since it is National Garden Meditation Day.
- The German Surrender: It was on May 8, 1945, that German high command unconditionally surrendered to allied forces bringing an official end to World War II.
- May 8th is now considered Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. It is commemorated each year in countries like France, UK and Poland with remembrance ceremonies.
- “Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,” wrote Shakespeare in Sonnet 18. May is the month of growth, bloom, and warming weather, and it seems like the Bard too notice as well.
- One of the more intriguing fun facts about May: the Old English name for the fifth month of the year was primlice, which translates to “three milkings”. Due to the abundance of fresh grass in May, cows could be milked three times a day.
Did you know that May 14th is National Dance-Like-A-Chicken Day?
- May is also National Vinegar Month, National Asparagus Month, and National Salad Month. So try an asparagus salad with vinaigrette this month!
You can also eat a hamburger … Celebrate International Hamburger Day on May 28th.
