January 9 is Balloon Ascension Day!
I don't know about you, but it is a little too cold to go outside to float a balloon. So why do we have a balloon day in the middle of winter? You see, George Washington (the first president of the USA) liked balloons, who doesn't? But he liked them so much that he helped a French guy named Blanchard float a very large balloon, a hot air balloon. It was America's first historical balloon ascension dated to 1793. They went all the way from Philadelphia to New Jersey.
(info courtesy of www.praize.com)
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