What: Every Third Saturday, Thanksgiving Feast for Veterans and Their Families
When: Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 3-6 pm
Where: American Legion Post 99, 560 S 34th Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55417, Map
A shuttle from Every Third Saturday (ETS) will be making a round trip to and from every half hour to the American Legion.
ETS is located at 5402 43rd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55417 (3 blocks from the VA Employee Parking Lot on the northside of the VA-Minneapolis.ETS Map
What is Every Third Saturday?
Every Third Saturday is not associated with HD 66B Republicans, but some of our delegates have used their services in the past. Tom McKenna is a saint to the Vets who go seeking help from their organization. Our post of this event is for those Vets who need some place to get a good meal and fellowship with other Vets for Thanksgiving. — admin
On an average day you spend a third of your day with your colleagues at work and friends give you advice and give you some breathing space in forms of athletic outings or fun activities. Let’s face it not everyone is married and friends are the life line for many single people. Paul had Barnabas, and Jesus had 12 main disciples who were friends and also his colleagues.
Life would be so bland without your friends. So why not say thank you to them for enriching your life?
Charles Schultz the cartoonist who created the Comic Strip, “Peanuts,” was from St Paul MN.
Nationally there are only 3 recognized holidays that bolster the love and admiration of the family: Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, and Grandparents Day. We are the party of Judeo-Christian Family Values. We want to bring attention to the parts of the family that are often forgotten. In July we celebrated Aunts & Uncles, in August we celebrated Brothers Sisters & Cousins, and now we are celebrating our Friends and Colleagues–that otherfamily we spend a third of our day with.
Why on the 3rd Sunday of October?
Well, because we can; but to have at least a full month since Grandparents Day to get ready. Also because the 2nd Sunday is closest to Columbus Day.
Colleagues are at work who share the load of a project. They know you almost as well as your family knows you. They challenge you to do your very best in the work you do. They chip in your contribution for pizza on occasion when they see you are coming up short. Work would be more stressful without good colleagues.
This article was reposted by permission from saintpaulrepublicans.us which has been running this holiday since 2017. It is not the SPRCC, but used to post for them prior to 2014. This was recently reposted on their site on October 6, 2025.
One of the benefits of getting involved in you local party unit is you can network with so many interesting people, locally in your neighborhood, you city, county, state, and sometimes at the national level. You can cement some really lasting friendships with people. So this #ProLifeSunday, call up your friends and co-workers and thank them for a lasting contribution to your life. — admin
Marian McQuade might not be a household name, but she was one of two people who helped launch a Holiday to honor Grandparents across the country.
The first was Jacob Reingold. In 1961 during the White House Conference on Aging, Jacob Reingold of Hebrew Home at Riverdale NY, was inspired by a speech about a new image of the aged. So he worked to get a special day for grandparents to be recognized on September 16, 1961 at Hebrew Home. In 1963 it became an official holiday for the borough of the Bronx, NY.
In 1970 Marian McQuade of West Virginia advocated for a special day to recognize grandparents. By 1973 she had worked with business, faith, political and civic leaders to convince Governor Arch Moore to hold the First Grandparents Day in West Virginia.
In 1978 the US Congress proclaimed the first Sunday after Labor Day to be National Grandparents Day. President Jimmy Carter signed the proclamation.
Call Up Your Grandparents to Reconnect
Americans are living longer and the life after retirement seems to become longer as well. Senior Citizens sometimes withdraw from what they used to enjoy when they were working. Their children and grandchildren need to respect and spend more time with them to learn about the triumphs of the past and educate each other as grandparents mentor future generations. Even if you no longer have living grandparents, older neighbors certainly can benefit from periodic visits from their younger neighbors. You can learn from each other.
Grandparents and Elders have a wealth of knowledge that they’d love to share with their grandchildren and neighbors. Call them or stop by to see them on this #ProLifeSunday.
One of the most important lessons to learn from naturalized citizens is how they respect their extended families. It seems at some point Americans stopped including their extended families in on family get togethers. Conservatives have kept a family orientated platform and that’s why we’re adding extra family holidays to the ones that are highly commercialized such at Mothers & Fathers Days as well as the often forgotten Grandparents Day.
Since Families are the cornerstone of the Pro Life Movement we have called these Family holidays as #ProLifeSundays.
Aunts & Uncles are very important to the rearing of children. They sometimes do babysitting chores, or they add a bit of understanding to a child’s life their parents are too busy to instruct.
It is important to show your nephews and nieces their parents were once in their shoes. It’s a loving bridge between generations.
We’ve noticed we only celebrate Moms, Dads, and Grandparents but not anyone else in the Family. So we’ve added Brothers, Sisters & Cousins Day in August, and we’ve added Friends & Colleagues Day in October.
If we Americans want to have a rich fulfilling life we need to reclaim the extended family. We admire immigrants who honor the extended family and 1st or 2nd generation families who still give homage and respect to their elders.
So go call your Aunts & Uncles up today and let them know how much they mean to you.
Happy Aunts & Uncles Day!
Next Month #ProLifeSunday Brothers Sisters & Cousins Day August 10th
This post has been reposted by permission from Saintpaulrepublicans.us website posted on July 9th, 2025. It has a few changes to keep it from being so personal to their administrator. — admin
Minnesota House District 66B Republicans 