Author: Margaret McNamara
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375844996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A perfect picture book biography from award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree? Probably not. Readers young and old who are used to seeing George Washington as an old man, will get a new look at the first president—as a kid. Perfect for classrooms, Presidents' Day, or as a birthday gift.
George Washington's Birthday
Author: Margaret McNamara
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375844996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A perfect picture book biography from award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree? Probably not. Readers young and old who are used to seeing George Washington as an old man, will get a new look at the first president—as a kid. Perfect for classrooms, Presidents' Day, or as a birthday gift.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 0375844996
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A perfect picture book biography from award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree? Probably not. Readers young and old who are used to seeing George Washington as an old man, will get a new look at the first president—as a kid. Perfect for classrooms, Presidents' Day, or as a birthday gift.
¡Viva George!
Author: Elaine A. Peña
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477321446
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Since 1898, residents of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, have reached across the US-Mexico border to celebrate George Washington's birthday. The celebration can last a whole month, with parade goers reveling in American and Mexican symbols; George Washington saluting; and “Pocahontas” riding on horseback. An international bridge ceremony, the heart and soul of the festivities, features children from both sides of the border marching toward each other to link the cities with an embrace. ¡Viva George! offers an ethnography and a history of this celebration, which emerges as both symbol and substance of cross-border community life. Anthropologist and Laredo native Elaine A. Peña shows how generations of border officials, civil society organizers, and everyday people have used the bridge ritual to protect shared economic and security interests as well as negotiate tensions amid natural disasters, drug-war violence, and immigration debates. Drawing on previously unknown sources and extensive fieldwork, Peña finds that border enactments like Washington's birthday are more than goodwill gestures. From the Rio Grande to the 38th Parallel, they do the meaningful political work that partisan polemics cannot.
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 1477321446
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
Since 1898, residents of Laredo, Texas, and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, have reached across the US-Mexico border to celebrate George Washington's birthday. The celebration can last a whole month, with parade goers reveling in American and Mexican symbols; George Washington saluting; and “Pocahontas” riding on horseback. An international bridge ceremony, the heart and soul of the festivities, features children from both sides of the border marching toward each other to link the cities with an embrace. ¡Viva George! offers an ethnography and a history of this celebration, which emerges as both symbol and substance of cross-border community life. Anthropologist and Laredo native Elaine A. Peña shows how generations of border officials, civil society organizers, and everyday people have used the bridge ritual to protect shared economic and security interests as well as negotiate tensions amid natural disasters, drug-war violence, and immigration debates. Drawing on previously unknown sources and extensive fieldwork, Peña finds that border enactments like Washington's birthday are more than goodwill gestures. From the Rio Grande to the 38th Parallel, they do the meaningful political work that partisan polemics cannot.
Washington's Birthday ...
Author: Robert Haven Schauffler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington's Birthday
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington's Birthday
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
George Washington's Birthday
Author: Margaret McNamara
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 037598741X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A perfect picture book biography from award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree? Probably not. Readers young and old who are used to seeing George Washington as an old man, will get a new look at the first president—as a kid. Perfect for classrooms, Presidents' Day, or as a birthday gift.
Publisher: Schwartz & Wade
ISBN: 037598741X
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A perfect picture book biography from award-winning author Margaret McNamara and New Yorker artist Barry Blitt comes this partly true and completely funny story of George Washington's 7th birthday. In this clever approach to history, readers will discover the truths and myths about George Washington. Did George Washington wear a wig? No. Did George Washington cut down a cherry tree? Probably not. Readers young and old who are used to seeing George Washington as an old man, will get a new look at the first president—as a kid. Perfect for classrooms, Presidents' Day, or as a birthday gift.
Washington's Birthday
Author: Robert Haven Schauffler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Holidays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Poems, essays, et cetera by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Holidays
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Poems, essays, et cetera by Oliver Wendell Holmes and others.
Washington's Birthday, Its History, Observance, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse
Author: Robert Haven Schauffler
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Washington's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
Author: John Lovett
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington's Birthday
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Washington's Birthday
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A.: George Washington's Birthday (February 22).
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As part of "Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A.," the Embassy of the United States of America in Stockholm, Sweden, highlights the history and celebration of George Washington's birthday. February 22nd used to be observed as a holiday in honor of the anniversary of the birthday of U.S. President George Washington (1732-1799). Since 1971, Presidents' Day has been celebrated on the third Monday in February in honor all past presidents. A biographical sketch of Washington is provided.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
As part of "Celebrate! Holidays in the U.S.A.," the Embassy of the United States of America in Stockholm, Sweden, highlights the history and celebration of George Washington's birthday. February 22nd used to be observed as a holiday in honor of the anniversary of the birthday of U.S. President George Washington (1732-1799). Since 1971, Presidents' Day has been celebrated on the third Monday in February in honor all past presidents. A biographical sketch of Washington is provided.
Washington's Birthday
Author: Dennis Brindell Fradin
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894902352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discusses how the achievements of our nation's first President led to the present-day celebration of his birth.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780894902352
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Discusses how the achievements of our nation's first President led to the present-day celebration of his birth.