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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, c2002.
Subjects:
Holidays > United States > History.
Memory > Social aspects > United States.
National characteristics, American.
United States > Historiography.
Online Access:
EBSCO eBooks: 2002 (EBSCO)
eBook Academic Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2002 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:
Red, White, and Blue Letter Days: An American Calendar
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • 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.