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Author:

Dennis, Matthew, 1955-

Title:

Red, white, and blue letter days : an American calendar / Matthew Dennis.

Publisher:

Cornell University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

xi, 338 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Holidays--United States--History.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.
National characteristics, American.
United States--Historiography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

ISBN:

9780801436475 (cloth : alk. paper)
0801436478 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)49552445

LCCN:

2001006501

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)