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01812nam a2200349 a 4500 001 0C212E562B0211DE8159B907A8D7520A 005 200904162244.0 008 011030s2002 nyua b s001 0 eng 010 $a 2001006501 020 $a 9780801436475 (cloth : alk. paper) 020 $a 0801436478 (cloth : alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)49552445 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d IXA $d CDS $d NGU $d DAY $d IWA $d SILO 050 00 $a GT4803 A2 D46 2002 100 1 $a Dennis, Matthew, $d 1955- 245 1 $a Red, white, and blue letter days : $b an American calendar / $c Matthew Dennis. 260 $a Ithaca : $b Cornell University Press, $c c2002. 300 $a xi, 338 p. : $b ill. ; $c 25 cm. 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. 651 0 $a United States $x Historiography 939 $a 4687405 941 $a 4 952 $l ULAX314 $d 20190926082252.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20171228041233.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160820031542.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0C212E562B0211DE8159B907A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWA 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0Initiate Another SILO Locator Search