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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
New Paris natives create Man Day, get 275,000 men to ‘man up’
This entry was updated Tuesday, June 16, at 2:42 p.m.
Thousands of beer cans were undoubtedly crushed during National Man Day, Monday, June 15.
The brainchild of three New Paris natives - 19-year-old Joel Longanecker of Celestine, Ind., and his brothers Aaron, 27, of Indianapolis, and Josh, 28, of St. Louis - the day apparently gave men folk license to watch “Rocky” movies and scratch themselves (that’s what the Facebook page advocated).
“This day is the day for all men to stand up and say, “Yes, I am a Man.” And “Yes, I will step up and do manly things and whatever I want to do on this glorious day,” Man Day Facebook page says.
“You aren’t some Nancy that likes to frolic in the fields, unless it’s a field of mines and you have an AK47 and a hand full of grenades… Then you really are a man!”
Joel Longanecker, a youth pastor in Huntingburg, Ind., said the day was about fun and manning up.
“It is about taking responsibility,” he said.
Between now and Man Day 2010, the brothers plan to do volunteer work involving veterans’ issues and prostate cancer awareness.
The brothers talked up Man Day for months, eventually gaining 275,000 revelers.
The day garnered much press. The Day was mentioned on several TV stations and in newspapers including the Chicago Tribute.
Joel Longanecker said he and his brothers spent Man Day camping.
Ironically Man Day fell on a much more gentle day, Sneak a Kiss Day.
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