March 2, 2022 - National Old Stuff Day | National Dr. Seuss Day

Welcome to March 2nd, 2022 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate valuable relics and Seussing it up. In 2010, Mary Shanesy got a call from the contractors working on her house, telling her they’d found something strange. She braced herself for the worst, but instead got a pleasant, albeit an unusual surprise. Behind one of the walls, contractors had uncovered a stash of alcohol from 1919—cases of gin, Scotch, brandy, rum, and wine. It appeared to be put there shortly before Prohibition went into effect. Probably by a family trying to stockpile the good stuff before it wasn’t available anymore. So what happened to all that hooch? It’s in a museum. Most of it, anyway. It’s National Old Stuff Day, a time to find new beginnings and get rid of old stuff. Unless it’s something really cool. Theodor Geisel was born on this day in 1904. He wrote and illustrated more than 60 books under the pen name Dr. Seuss. During World War II he even went to war using political cartoons that denounced the tyrants of the day. But he is best loved for his mark on childrens’ literature and today we honor him with a poem of our own. From the biggest of big to the smallest of small, books open worlds to every and all. With stories of zazzles and hooplahs and rats, dragons and castles and ponies and cats. Pages of whats its, who dance with their snoodles. And swim with their frogs and their dizzles and poodles! Whatever you want, just read something today to celebrate National Dr. Seuss Day! I’m Anna Devere and I’m Marlo Anderson. Thanks for joining us as we Celebrate Every Day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices