March 14, 2023 - National Learn About Butterflies Day | National Potato Chip Day

Welcome to March 14th, 2023 on the National Day Calendar. Today we celebrate beautiful butterflies and being in the chips. Today we’re talking Rhopalocera or butterfly as we regular folk know it. While butterflies are beautiful to look at, you may not know that they have a long and interesting connection to our art, culture, mythology and folklore. They appear in art from ancient Egypt and Mesoamerica where some were considered to be the reincarnation of the souls of dead warriors. In Ancient Roman and Greek cultures they represented a person’s soul and butterflies can be seen on Christian tombstones as a representation of the resurrection. Across most of human culture, butterflies are used as symbols of our inner, spiritual selves and their metamorphosis has been used to show us what we can be. On National Learn About Butterflies Day, take a little time to watch a butterfly flutter by. The origins of the potato chip are hotly contested. Some say it was George Crum, a chef that tried to appease a customer who kept sending back his thick and soggy potatoes. This 1853 tale claims that the customer was none other than Cornelius Vanderbilt. The story was later debunked, but one thing is sure, Crum's Saratoga Chips spread like wildfire. Today potato chips are one of the world’s most popular snacks. Around 11.2 million pounds of them are eaten on the Sunday of The Big Game alone. No matter how you flavor them, from barbecue to Cajun squirrel, yes that's an actual flavor, anyone who cashes in on making them is no doubt in the chips. On National Potato Chip Day, celebrate by munching on your own favorite flavor! 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