All About American Holidays
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All About American Holidays
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Author : Maymie Richardson Krythe
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Release Date : 1962
All About American Holidays written by Maymie Richardson Krythe and has been published by HarperCollins Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
How more than 50 of our holidays originated and are observed today.
All Around The Year
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Author : Jack Santino
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1995
All Around The Year written by Jack Santino and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Social Science categories.
Whether they're decorating Easter trees or celebrating Wagner's birthday by playing recordings of his Ring cycle operas and incinerating a model of Valhalla on an outdoor barbecue to the closing strains of "Gotterdämerung," Americans know both how to create and how to celebrate holidays. Jack Santino's guide to such frivolity is a wonderfully readable exploration of holidays, periods of festivity, and life-cycle rituals and celebrations. Santino draws on history, anthropology, popular culture, and folklore to show the intricate relationships between holidays and the roles that celebrations and rituals play in people's lives.
American Holidays
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Author : Barbara Klebanow
language : en
Publisher: PLA
Release Date : 2005-08-15
American Holidays written by Barbara Klebanow and has been published by PLA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-15 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
July 4th, Election Day, Christmas, and New Year's Eve: reading about our American national holidays is not only fun, it is a way of exploring our diverse culture and values. How do we celebrate Memorial Day? What is the history of Thanksgiving? What does "Be my valentine" mean?Special features: 4 appendices of typical holiday gifts, traditional holiday songs, readings for the holidays, a listing of other holidays in the US, the official national holiday of each country in the world.
Celebrations The Complete Book Of American Holidays
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Author : Robert J. Myers
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1972
Celebrations The Complete Book Of American Holidays written by Robert J. Myers and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Social Science categories.
Cultural and historical background and traditions of forty-five major American holidays, both secular and religious, Christian and Jewish.
American Holidays
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Author : Lerner Publishing Group
language : en
Publisher: LernerClassroom
Release Date : 2004-01-01
American Holidays written by Lerner Publishing Group and has been published by LernerClassroom this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-01 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
This early reader series introduces children to different holidays celebrated in America. Through engaging text and captivating photographs and drawings, children will learn how these holidays originated, the many different customs for celebrating these holidays, and how they have changed over the years.
Encyclopedia Of American Holidays And National Days
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Author : Len Travers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of American Holidays And National Days written by Len Travers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Religion categories.
Every holiday has a history, and this set sets out to describe them all. A chronologically organized reference guide to the history of American celebratory days, past, present, and emergent, it focuses on each holiday's cultural and political significance.
The Reasons For All The Usa S Annual Federal Holidays
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Author : Alan Bruce Clark, PhD
language : en
Publisher: www.leadinginsights.com
Release Date :
The Reasons For All The Usa S Annual Federal Holidays written by Alan Bruce Clark, PhD and has been published by www.leadinginsights.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with Biography & Autobiography categories.
This book is the result of Dr. Alan Bruce (A. Bruce) Clark’s decades of study, and it discusses the impact of the world’s major events upon the Annual, Federal Holidays of the United States of America, which start with New Year’s Day and end with Christmas Day. Dr. Clark wrote corporate histories for Historic Houston, a book that President George H. W. Bush also helped write and Dr. Clark, for several years, wrote the monthly feature articles in the E. W. Forbes Report, which received written praise from many world-renown leaders, including Dr. Denton Cooley who performed the first heart transplant in the USA. He wrote these articles before the death of Elroy Forbes, a Vietnam War veteran exposed to Agent Orange and honored by multiple Houston mayors with an "E. W. Forbes Day." In a strict sense, there are no national holidays when every person living in the United States is not working. However, there are eleven holidays that the Federal Government of the USA declared as annual celebrations. Five of these holidays occur on specific dates, provided the calendar days do not occur on weekends, while the dates for the other six holidays vary from year to year. This book is the result of Professor Clark’s providing handouts to his students about each Annual Federal Holiday, and their encouraging Alan Bruce Clark, PhD to compile the articles into an easy-to-read, interesting book. Dr. Clark wrote this book to show the terrific contributions made to America by those of different racial heritages, genders and creeds. As for Dr. Clark's ancestry it includes those who came to the United States on the Mayflower and his predecessors are buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Waverly, Pennsylvania along with the Underground Railroad African-Americans they supported. Thus, this work incorporated insights provided by African-Americans, Asian-Americans, Hispanic-Americans and Native-Americans. As noted, even the New Year's celebration, which did not originally occur on January 1, has elements of the world's major ethnic groups. History buffs, patriotic Americans, teachers wanting a unique required textbook for their students, librarians, active military personnel, veterans, children, teenagers, young adults, retirees, seniors, citizens, residents, business leaders, community leaders, political leaders, unions and even those who do business with American companies and/or are contemplating a visit or moving to the "land of opportunity" will greatly benefit from this book. This is due to its providing details on the history and customs behind the New Year's Day, Birthday of Martin Luther, King, Jr., Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day Celebrations. This book even has events planned through 2025 and is dedicated to all Americans past, present and future. It is because of their devotion, determination and hard work that the United States became a great nation and that it can become even better. Each annual holiday has its own rich heritage, which all Americans, regardless of their personal beliefs, can appreciate and respect. The reason is that the sacrifices of others made the USA great. More importantly, the United States can become even better with your dedication and commitment. Having said these things, it is hoped that you will enjoy this trip through the Annual Federal Holidays of the United States of America! Businesspersons can give this book to clients, employees and schools. Likewise, government officials can present this book to military personnel and other public servants to let them know that their efforts are deeply appreciated, while teachers can order this book for their history, American culture and U.S. citizenship courses. Dr. Clark thanks you for your interest in this book and hopes that it will bless you in a very special way.
Holiday Facts And Fancies
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Author : Clara Janetta Denton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-19
Holiday Facts And Fancies written by Clara Janetta Denton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-19 with categories.
Excerpt from Holiday Facts and Fancies: Full Yet Simple Explanations of the American Holidays In a far-away land, in a long-ago time, lived some people who were called the Romans. They were great fighters, and were never so happy as when at war with their neighbors. Then, when they won in the fight, as they generally did, because they had so many well-trained soldiers, they took to themselves the land and everything else belonging to the people who were beaten. You know, even in these wonderful days of the twentieth century, we are only beginning to think that there may be a better way to settle our troubles with the world than to shed human blood. So it is not strange that they knew no better in those far-off times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
America S Public Holidays 1865 1920
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Author : Ellen M. Litwicki
language : en
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Release Date : 2013-08-06
America S Public Holidays 1865 1920 written by Ellen M. Litwicki and has been published by Smithsonian Institution this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-06 with Social Science categories.
From the revered Memorial Day to the forgotten Lasties Day, America's Public Holidays is a timely and thoughtful analysis of how the civic culture of America has been fashioned. By analyzing how holidays became a forum for expressing patriotism, how public tradition has been invented, and how the definition of America itself was changed, Ellen Litwicki tells the intriguing story of the elite effort to create new holidays and the variety of responses from ordinary Americans.
Consumer Rites
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Author : Leigh Eric Schmidt
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 1995
Consumer Rites written by Leigh Eric Schmidt and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.
Reexamining the story of holidays in the United States, Leigh Schmidt shows that commercial appropriations of these occasions were actually as religious in form as they were secular. The new rituals of America's holiday bazaar offered a luxuriant merger of the holy and the profane - a heady blend of fashion and faith, merchandising and gift giving, profits and sentiments. In this richly illustrated book that captures both the blessings and ballyhoo of American holiday observances from the mid-eighteenth century through the twentieth, the author offers a reassessment of the "consumer rites" that various social critics have long decried for their spiritual emptiness and banal sentimentality.