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Author: Daniel Bellware
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692292259
Size: 63.58 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Holidays
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description: According to the Veteran's Administration, at least 25 cities across America claim to have originated the Memorial Day holiday. As a result, numerous historians feel that the true history may never be known. This book rejects that claim and explores the factual history of the holiday and shows that most of the better-known stories are mere myths. Years of painstaking research reveal a story that was well known for decades but lost in a proliferation of local legends in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Author: Richard Gardiner
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1105824373
Size: 51.63 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Hennig Cohen
Publisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Company
ISBN:
Size: 65.92 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Festivals
Languages : en
Pages : 431
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Book Description: Covers more than 125 holidays including well-known religious and secular holidays as well as more obscure celebrations. Chronologically arranged, from New Year's Day through Christmas, entries include a description of origins, historical background and general characteristics.

Author: Richard P. Harmond
Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Incorporated
ISBN:
Size: 10.35 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 154
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Book Description: A History of Memorial Day is a study of how Memorial Day was viewed by many Americans as a vehicle of both national and international unity. However, this study also examines the surprising amount of controversy elicited by the celebration of Memorial Day, finding that a substantial number of Americans value Memorial Day more as a holiday from work and an occasion for recreation and relaxation than as a time to honor the country's fallen heroes.

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Size: 59.62 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Medicine
Languages : en
Pages :
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Book Description:

Author: Mary Kupiec Cayton
Publisher: Macmillan Reference USA
ISBN:
Size: 20.15 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2653
View: 7359

Book Description:

Author: Len Travers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780313331329
Size: 54.12 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Holidays
Languages : en
Pages : 614
View: 5712

Book Description: 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.

Author: Helene Henderson
Publisher: Omnigraphics Incorporated
ISBN: 9780780804227
Size: 45.75 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 906
View: 1454

Book Description: "Contains information about nearly 2,500 holidays, festivals, holy days, feasts and fasts, and other observances, including popular, secular, and religious celebrations for more than 100 countries and every state of the United States"--Provided by publish

Author: Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
ISBN: 1851096825
Size: 62.98 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 2777
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Book Description: This expansive, multivolume reference work provides a broad, multidisciplinary examination of the Civil War period ranging from pre-Civil War developments and catalysts such as the Mexican-American War to the rebuilding of the war-torn nation during Reconstruction.

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ISBN:
Size: 80.73 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages :
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ISBN:
Size: 10.77 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Almanacs, American
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Jacob J. Schacter
Publisher: Jason Aronson
ISBN:
Size: 78.69 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 368
View: 1558

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