{"id":206480,"date":"2018-03-15T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/?p=206480"},"modified":"2018-03-12T16:29:10","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T23:29:10","slug":"featured-story-2-march-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanretirementadvisors.com\/featured-story-2-march-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Story 2 March 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.101&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>March Madness<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>At the mention of those two words, all the nation\u2019s basketball fans get really excited because of the college and NBA basketball playoffs. Over the years it has become more and more popular, much like the Super Bowl for football and the World Series for baseball. There are some sports critics who would say that the March Madness for college basketball (Sweet Sixteen) is more popular than the NBA basketball playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>But there are other March items that are just as fascinating to people other than sports fans. \u201cBeware the Ides of March,\u201d the famous line in Shakespeare\u2019s Julius Caesar. Many folks don\u2019t realize or never read or saw this play by the famous Bard, but Caesar was warned by a<br \/>\nsoothsayer to beware this date in March as it would be his downfall. Lo and behold Caesar was stabbed to death by Senate members on this very date March 15<sup>th<\/sup>, just as the soothsayer predicted. Ides is \u201cmiddle of\u201d so, the 15th was the middle of March.<\/p>\n<p>If you are an enemy in war, history tells\u00a0us that throughout the ages, March has\u00a0been a month of launching wars by many countries. It was a favorite month for the Romans to launch new offensives as it was the beginning of spring and warmer weather was at hand to<br \/>\nfight in.<\/p>\n<p>So what else is great in March? Well, for those of Irish descent there is one of our favorite holidays, \u201cSt. Patrick\u2019s Day\u201d, where there\u2019s green beer, Leprechauns,\u00a0a pot of gold, and all good\u00a0things to have fun with.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s not forget that the original reason was the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland. While he was never recognized by the Catholic Church as an actual Saint, it has become popular for his life\u2019s work to bring Christianity to Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>The Vernal Equinox happens in March where we have the first day where there is a 50\/50 split in day and night; marking the first day we gradually get more daylight. It also marks the day to the end\u00a0of Daylight Savings Time\u00a0in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Pi Day for the math majors\u00a0also falls into March, which makes a good excuse for the rest of us for\u00a0regular old PIE! YUM!!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> March Madness At the mention of those two words, all the nation\u2019s basketball fans get really excited because of the college and NBA basketball playoffs. Over the years it has become more and more popular, much like the Super Bowl for football and the World Series for baseball. 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