In a nod to the past — the very old past — the village of Orland Park hosted a May Day celebration Saturday. The spring celebration can be traced back to Roman times, but the village’s historical ...

Saying "Happy May Day" on May 1 this year may illicit different responses from different people. Some people might ask you if you're going to a worker's rights protest, others could inquire about the ...

May Day is a European festival that dates back nearly a thousand years. It marks the beginning of summer and is usually celebrated at the beginning of May - halfway between the spring equinox and ...

May is here, bringing with it more school holidays and bank holidays to look forward to. But before the second of the long weekends at the end of the month, we get May Day — which always falls on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. May Day has a total split personality. On one hand, it’s all about flowers and spring traditions. On the other? Marches and labor ...

In the traditional maypole dance, participants weave colorful ribbons into intricate patterns as they circle the pole in opposite directions. (Courtesy photo) Santa Barbara Revels welcomes the ...

For more than 150 years Gawthorpe's maypole has anchored the village's May Day celebrations. But, with the pole showing its age, organisers are searching for a replacement to ensure the tradition ...