There hardly could be a simpler assault on the concept of, and potential for,
true Nobility in American statesmanship,
than the casual downgrading of
Washington's Birthday and Lincoln's Birthday
into Presidents' Day,
where these best are like the worst.
Banners for Constitutionalists
from The Sly Tyrant's Handbook
interludes of high days of celebration,
of Commemoration or Memorial,
in America & elsewhere;
listed by Title
Pogo on New Year's resolutions:
Howland Owl:
You ought to break a resolution now an' then, Pogo ...
it might ree-fresh a lil do-gooder like yo' self.Pogo:
What kind resolutions breaks easy?Howland Owl:
Any kind I makes ... man, I is got resolutions left over from last year
what I isn't even had time to break yet!Pogo:
Bring a couple over, size 6 1/2.Walt Kelly
Pogo - Through the Wild Blue Wonder
Pogo, 27 December 1950
The Complete Syndicated Comic Strips, Volume 1 [1949-1950]
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| Lincoln at Cooper Union The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President |
Harold Holzer | RW Franson |
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— Washington's Birthday — |
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| Writings | George Washington | RW Franson |
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— Flag Day — |
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| Flag Day Parades Hudson, New York |
A Ross | |
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— Fourth of July — |
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| Fourth-of-July Fireworks! Red rats and whistling chasers |
JM Franson | |
| Street Fireworks in the 1920s Chicago, July 4th, circa 1925 |
DL Franson | |
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— Constitution Day — |
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| Constitution at Troynovant American founding documents, Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution |
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— Halloween — |
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| Jolly Halloween: I wonder! Postcard, 31 October 1923 |
VH Franson | |
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— All Saints' Day & All Souls' Day — |
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| Pre-Christian Elements in the Celebration of All Saints' Day and the Feast of All Faithful Departed |
JM Franson | |
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— Armistice Day / Veterans Day — |
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| Armistice Day Proclamation, Massachusetts Glimpse, 11 November 1919 |
Calvin Coolidge | RW Franson |
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— Thanksgiving — |
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| Custard Gun. The [Disney Ducks] |
Carl Barks | RW Franson |
| Thanksgiving Rolled Under Black Friday and Forwarding the Day |
RW Franson | |
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— Christmas — |
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| Christmas in Connecticut | Peter Godfrey / Barbara Stanwyck | RW Franson |
| Dear Santa | Joseph Priestley / Amy Acker, David Haydn-Jones, Emma Duke | JM Franson |
| Dear Unknown Friend Postcard, 21 December 1922 |
VH Franson | |
| Eugene Post Office, The Eugene, Oregon 1949-1956 |
WR Franson | |
| Holiday for Murder, A (Hercule Poirot's Christmas) (Murder for Christmas) |
Agatha Christie | JM Franson |
| Inn | Connie Willis | RW Franson |
| It Happened on Fifth Avenue | Roy Del Ruth / Victor Moore, Gale Storm | RW Franson |
| Lady on a Train | David / Durbin | RW Franson |
| Miracle | Connie Willis | RW Franson |
| Miracle and Other Christmas Stories | Connie Willis | RW Franson |
| Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens / Abe Levitow / Jim Backus | JM Franson |
| Newsletter | Connie Willis | RW Franson |
| No Holly for Miss Quinn | Miss Reed (Dora Saint) |
JM Franson |
| Soon (In 48 Years' Time) | Alexandra Kollontai | RW Franson |
| While You Were Sleeping | Jon Turteltaub / Sandra Bullock | RW Franson |
[A royal residence, probably Windsor Castle.]
Prince Harry:
If all the year were playing holidays,
To sport would be as tedious as to work;
But when they seldom come, they wished-for come ...William Shakespeare
1 Henry IV, 1.3.182-184
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