You can hot dog, be a hot dog, and exclaim Hot Dog! Of course, you can eat a hot dog, or you can try to add your name to Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest Hall of Fame by downing more than 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes. You can also do all of that while watching wiener dog races. There are Coneys, Chicago-Style, and Rippers. No matter how you serve it, the hot dog is the best of the wurst and an American tradition (even if its origins can be traced to Frankfurt, Germany). And so much so, that not only is July 21 National Hot Dog Day but July is also National Hot Dog Month. Let’s take a few moments and examine some legal and literary aspects of the hot dog.
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Today, March 29, 2021, is a school “holiday and day of community service for students and staff of the Houston Independent School District [HISD], the largest school district in Texas,” in honor of “César Chávez and Dolores Huerta, two labor activists who helped win greater rights for farmworkers across the country.”
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