Examines patriotic holidays in America, including national holidays such as Independence Day, regional celebrations such as Cheyenne Frontier Days, military holidays, and those associated with individuals.
Explains the reasons for various national patriotic holidays celebrated in the United States including Independence Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving.
American's celebrate holidays in many ways. This book is about many different holidays. This author has interspersed many Holy Days that he remembers celebrating as a child and the importance for them. This author being patriotic writes of many patriotic holidays and how they Honor our Veterans and Military. Also our American Freedoms. The book contains Holidays from New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. All of these Holidays were written as a rememberance from this author's view.
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.