Rabbits and the Korean War - July 27

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Today is National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day, Bagpipe Appreciation Day, National Chicken Finger Day, Chili Dog Day, Intern Day, Walk on Stilts Day, Day of the Cowboy, Drowning Prevention Day, and Take Your Houseplant for a Walk Day (not at the same time)

Today's Birthdays
Songs of the Day
National Park Month Resource of the Day
Ice Cream Month Resource of the Day
Today's Theme: Rabbits and the Korean War
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ON THIS DATE

• 1929 - The Geneva Convention is signed by 53 nations.
• 1940 - Bugs Bunny is introduced in the animated short, "A Wild Hare."
• 1953 - Hostilities in Korea end with the signing of an armistice by the United States, China, and North Korea.
• 1995 - The Korean War Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
• 1996 - A pipe bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park during the 1996 Summer Olympics.

BIRTHDAYS

• 1922 - TV producer Norman Lear - American Masters (1:24:18) - VIEW
• 1948 - Figure skater Peggy Fleming
• 1949 - Singer Maureen McGovern
• 1956 - Actor, writer, and comedian Carol Leifer
• 1969 - Wrestler, actor, and Nashua, NH native Triple H
• 1972 - Actor Maya Rudolph

SONG OF THE DAY 

• Jefferson Airplane - White Rabbit - LISTEN
• Bugs Bunny Opera - LISTEN
• Elton John - Jack Rabbit - LISTEN
• Maureen McGovern - The Morning After - LISTEN

NATIONAL PARK MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Assateague Island National Seashore - GO

ICE CREAM MONTH RESOURCE OF THE DAY

Camp TV - Making Ice Cream - DO

THEME: RABBITS

• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Mumford's Magic Rabbit (2:17) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Elmo and Rabbit Discuss Practice (0:54) - VIEW
• Grades PreK-1 - Sesame Street - Cookie Bunny is Coming to Town (2:16) - VIEW
• Grades K-4 -  Wild Kratts - Rabbit vs. Hare (2:45) - VIEW 
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LeaningMedia - Chinese Folktale: The Little Rabbits (6:58) - VIEW and DO
• Grades K-5 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits Clips - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-6 - NHPBS LearningMedia - DragonflyTV - Rabbits (7:37) - VIEW and DO
• Grades 4-12 - NHPBS Wildlife Journal Junior - Leporidae - Rabbits, Hares - READ
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Nature - Remarkable Rabbits (4:40) - Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles - VIEW and DO

THEME: KOREAN WAR

• Grades 5-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Korean War - VIEW, READ, and DO
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - The Korean War in Pictures - VIEW
• Grades 6-12 - NHPBS Video - We'll Meet Again - Korean War Brothers in Arms (55:00) - VIEW
• Grades 8-12 - NHPBS Video - PBS NewsHour - Why Peace on the Korean Peninsula Remains Elusive (5:42) - VIEW
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Retro Report - Korean War (6:34) - VIEW, READ, DO
• Grades 9-12 - NHPBS LearningMedia - Korea: The Never-Ending War Collection -  VIEW, READ, DO

WATCH

NH EXPLORE - 11.2 Comcast (11/801) More Options

HUMAN FOOTPRINT - Man's Best Friend 
Saturday, 7/27 from 11 am-12 pm NH EXPLORE
Dogs are more than man's best friend - they've been reshaped by evolution into the perfect partner for our species. And just as we've transformed them, dogs have left an unmistakable pawprint on us and the world we both share. HUMAN FOOTPRINT Streaming Video

10 Streets That Changed America 
Saturday, 7/27 from 10-11 pm NH EXPLORE
A whirlwind tour of 10 streets that change the way we get around: from Broadway in New York and Wilshire in Los Angeles, to the Boston Post Road and the Lincoln Highway. Find out which 10 streets made the list! 10 that Changed America Streaming Video

NH WORLD - 11.3 More Options

INDEPENDENT LENS - Racist Trees 
Saturday, 7/27 from 8-9:30 pm NH EXPLORE
Were trees intentionally planted to exclude and segregate a Black neighborhood? Racial tensions ignite in this documentary, when a historically Black neighborhood in Palm Springs, California, fights to remove a towering wall of tamarisk trees. INDEPENDENT LENS Streaming Video

Pressroom Contact

Carla Gordon Russell
Director of Communications
crussell@nhpbs.org
(603) 868-4339