Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-02-14
Venetian Holiday Regatta on the Grand Canal

| these are national Acts of Congress
and Presidents pronouncements III
this respect apply only to the District
of Columbia and the territories. The
states usually follow suit. but as
matter of custom only and not of law.
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from your friends.
American local holidays are rich in
historical significance. or such are the
commemOrations of Bunker Hill and
Bennington and New Orleans and san
Jacinto; the all but forgotten Fast
Day of New England, still surviving IN
New Hampshire; Patriots Day in
Maine and Old Defenders Day in BAL
tfmore, Pioneer Day in Idaho and the
various Admission Days popular with
| other Western states, Confederate Me-
mortal Day in the South, together with
the birthdays of Lee and other heroes
OF the Confederacy.
Two states have Independence DAYS
of their own. Texas observes her sep-
aration from Mexico on March .. North
Carolina commentaries the Halifax
Independence resolutions ON Aplil l..
aud the Mecklenburg declaration el
May 20.
1t remains for Frederick county, Md.
to celebrate all alone the Reputation
OF the stamp act. one of the most lor.l
celebrations of an important na.ionai
event on record.
Among the favorite months for hcl-
days the world over November leaGs.
with 26 out of its possible 20 daSs.
May comes next. with % and an atlt.i-
tional Sunday not otherwise ceftbr,-
ed, thus actually tying November IN
the number of days closed TO !llsiness.
March, on the other hand. is The long
est all around business month. having
only 19 holidays
New Years Day is the only holiday
universally observed But, alas. ii fails
on IL different dates in different Paris
of the globe, and some countries ob-
serve more than one of them. Curious
ly enough, one of our own states Mas
sachusetts. does not make this Il legal
holiday. though her citizens generally
observe 1T.
January is observed as New Years
Day In every country in all EtiraDa eA
cept Bulgaria, Greece. Romnifiiu Rus
sia, Servia and Turkey; in all Guro,
pean colonies in Africa and i'm i.ileria
and Morocco; in every country and
colony in North, Central and Sorfh
America and in all parts of Asia OK
cept Asiatic Turkey and in AUS lsllasi;..
In Bulgaria, Greece Rounnnia. Rus
sia Servia and Turkey the old style
calendar prevails and the Naw Year
begins accordingly on January IA.
The japanese New Year does. in
deed. begin on January /, but i'll is also
| celebrated on the Sd and 9Th OF that
month.
Then there are the Hindu New Year
on April l3; the Chinese New YeaF.
February n to IA (Which, by the way,
is a legal holiday in part, of the Unit
ed States-HawaiD the Annamite
| New Year. February II and is. and
the Second Annamite New Year Junei
| 19; the Parsi New Year. Septeuber
IL; the Persian New Year March 2E
to "a; the Mohammedan New Years
DecelnDer ~ and H., and the JEWISH
New Year. September IL, ID and Ii.
1t Is surprise to learn that the only,
nation on earth making the JEWISH
New Year legal holiday is Turkey
| Christmas Day, due to its religious
significance. is not so generally OBJ
served as New Years Day. 1t has,
moreover. only three different dates
The Armenian Church still observes
January 6. Countries where the old
style calendar prevails still celebrates
January Z. I
From the ancient Olympic games and
Dfonysian festivals down to our own
time holidays have been intimately.
connected with the most profound as
well as the most frivolous aspects of
human nature.
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