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PDFCHRISTMAS 51
How uncle sam observes Christmas Clifford Howard 53
NEW YEAR’S DAY 79
Extract from “Social life in the colonies” Edward Eggleston 81
A Chinese new year’s in California H.H. 82
LINCOLN’S BIRTHDAY 85
Abraham Lincoln Helen Nicolay 87
The Gettysburg address 99
O captain! My captain! Walt Whitman 101
ST. VALENTINE’S BIRTHDAY 103
Who began it? Olive Thorne 105
WASHINGTON’S BIRTHDAY 111
THE BOYHOOD OF WASHINGTON Horace E. Scudder 113
LONGFELLOW’S BIRTHDAY 123
LONGFELLOW AND THE CHILDREN Lucy Larcom 125
INAUGURATION DAY 139
HOW A PRESIDENT IS INAUGURATED Clifford Howard 141
EASTER DAY 153
A SONG OF EASTER Celia Thaxter 155
THE GENERAL’S EASTER BOX Temple Bailey 159
ARBOR DAY 175
THE PLANTING OF THE APPLE TREE William Cullen Bryant 177
APRIL FOOL’S DAY 181
FOURTH-MONTH DUNCE H.M.M. 183
MEMORIAL DAY 185
THE BOY IN GRAY Mary Bradley 187
FLAG DAY 193
THE STARS AND STRIPES Henry Russell Wray 195
FOURTH OF JULY 199
