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Veterans Day 2017
Why Have Teenagers Stopped Getting Summer Jobs?
The Changing Urban Patterns Of Young Adults with College Degrees
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Issue: #501

November 13, 2017  

The Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma, a program of the  provides access to data generated from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Veterans Day 2017

From: U.S. Census Bureau

Veterans Day originated as "Armistice Day" on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary marking the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed legislation in 1954 to change the name to Veterans Day as a way to honor those who served in all American wars. The day honors military veterans with parades and speeches across the nation and a remembrance ceremony takes place at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. The ceremony honors and thanks all who served in the U.S. armed forces.

Why Have Teenagers Stopped Getting Summer Jobs?
From: The Atlantic

The summer job is considered a rite of passage for the American Teenager. It is a time when tossing newspaper bundles and bussing restaurant tables acts as a rehearsal for weightier adult responsibilities, like bundling investments and bussing dinner-party plates. But in the last few decades, the summer job has been disappearing. In the summer of 1978, 60 percent of teens were working or looking for work. Last summer, just 35 percent were.

The Changing Urban Patterns of Young Adults with College Degrees 
From: New Geography

Read what Aaron M. Renn, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and a contributing editor for the City Journal learned as he explored data related to the changing urban patterns of young adults with college degrees. 
 
Until Next Week,

Melanie Poulter
Census Information Center of Eastern Oklahoma
       


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