New London is a city in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota, United States along the Middle Fork of the Crow River. The population was 1,251 at the 2010 census. Sibley State Park is nearby. It is named after New London, Wisconsin, chosen by Louis Larson because of the similarity he saw with his previous home there. It was incorporated April 8, 1889. The city was the temporary county seat of Kandiyohi County from 1867-1870.
Children's Day is recognized on various days in many places around the world to honor children globally. Children's Day began the second Sunday of June in 1856 by the Reverend Dr. Charles Leonard, pastor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in Chelsea, Mass.
Boxing Day is a national Bank Holiday, a day to spend with family and friends and to eat up all the leftovers of Christmas Day. The origins of the day, however, are steeped in history and tradition.