Helen Keller and the Stonewall Uprising - June 27

Learning About Our History

Saturday, June 27, 2026

Today is Global Smurfs Day, Great American Picnic Day, National Bingo Day, Orange Blossom Day, Sunglasses Day, PTSD Awareness Day, Helen Keller Day, Ice Cream Cake Day, and Indian Pudding Day.

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
Poem of the Day
Today's Theme: Helen Keller and the Stonewall Uprising

ON THIS DATE

1844 - Church of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum are killed by a mob at the jail in Carthage, Illinois.
1950 -.President Truman orders Air Force and Navy into the Korean War.
1957 - Hurricane Audrey makes landfall near the Texas–Louisiana border, killing over 400 people, making it the 7th most deadly hurricane to hit the U.S.
1969 - Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, clash with police.
1980 - President Jimmy Carter signs legislation that reinstates draft registration.

BIRTHDAYS

1869 - Labor leader and anarchist Emma Goldman
1880 - Author and activist Helen Keller
1888 - Actor and director Antoinette Perry (the Tony Award is named for her)
1927 - TV Host Captain Kangaroo, Bob Keeshan
1949 - Fashion designer Vera Wang
1966 - Producer and director J. J. Abrams
1968 - NH politician Kelly Ayotte
1975 - Actor Tobey Maguire

SONGS OF THE DAY

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Fortunate Son - LISTEN
Phil Ochs - Draft Dodger Rag - LISTEN

POEM OF THE DAY
Richard Perreau-Saussine - For Helen Keller

OCEAN/RIVER RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Splash and Bubbles - The Deep Dark Ocean - VIEW

THEME: Helen Keller

Grades K-2 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Xavier Riddle and the Secret Museum - Helen Keller (Available in Spanish) - READ, VIEW, DO
Grades 3-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia- Ivy Green: Helen Keller's Birthplace (Available in Spanish)(4:58) - VIEW
Grades 3-7 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Helen Keller - Author, Advocate, and Activist (Available in Spanish) (3:50) - VIEW, READ, DO
Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Video - They Dared - Helen Keller (3:03) - VIEW
Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - Antiques Roadshow - First-edition Signed Helen Keller Journal (0:36) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - Becoming Helen Keller Collection - 12 Videos - VIEW and DO
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Helen Keller Studied Socialism (1:41) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Helen Keller Studied Socialism (Audio Description) (1:41) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Keller's use of Oral Communication (2:31) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Keller's use of Oral Communication(Audio Description) (2:31) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Helen Keller the Suffragist (0:59) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Masters - Helen Keller the Suffragist (Audio Description) (0:59) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - Explore the Life and Legacy of Helen Keller (53:52) - VIEW

THEME: Stonewall Uprising

Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - The Origin of Everything - How Did Pride Become a Parade? (7:24) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - American Experience - The Stonewall Uprising - Chapter One (7:36) - VIEW
Grades 9-12 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - Stonewall: An Uprising, Not a Riot (1:16) -VIEW
Grades 912 - NHPBS Video - American Experience - The Legacy of the Stonewall Uprising (1:29) - VIEW

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