National Sock Day

National Sock Day celebrates the rare joy of a perfectly matched pair while tracing the long history of socks from ancient animal-hair coverings to silk stockings for nobles, to modern machine-knit socks thanks to William Lee’s 1589 knitting invention that helped spark the Industrial Revolution. Today socks come in every fabric and design, from practical wool to the colorful pairs famously worn by President George H.W. Bush, and companies like Pair of Thieves mark the day by donating hundreds of thousands of socks to the homeless. With fun nods to lost socks, dogs who steal them, and mismatched fashion trends, the day reminds us that as we take steady steps of faith, the Lord always matches and magnifies our efforts more than we could on our own in His Story today.

Read the full article here: https://familyschool.org/spotlight/sock-day-7

This episode was created using Notebook LM voice-overs and original research by Rosemary Pollock, historian and published author, who holds an MA in U.S. History and an MA in U.S. History with a focus on the History of Science and Medicine.

Produced by Isaac Okawa with American Heritage Worldwide.