Red, white, and blue letter days [electronic resource] : an American calendar / Matthew Dennis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2002.
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Red, White, and Blue Letter Days: An American Calendar
Format: Electronic eBook

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a Introduction. Identity, history, and the American calendar -- 1. Political fireworks: American Independence Day, 1776-2000 -- 2. Haven in a heartless calendar: America's Thanksgiving, 1621-2000 -- 3. Reinventing America: Columbus Day and centenary celebrations of his voyage of "discovery," 1792-1992 -- 4. Washington, Lincoln, and the unheroic Presidents' Day -- 5. St. Monday: Memorial Day, Labor Day, and the celebration of leisure -- 6. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday: inventing an American tradition -- Epilogue. The future of the past. 
650 0 |a Holidays  |z United States  |x History. 
650 0 |a Memory  |x Social aspects  |z United States. 
650 0 |a National characteristics, American. 
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