Today in history
Subtitle: March 31
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Subjects: Easter; History; Social life and customs
Other titles: March 31
Description: Brief discussion of the origins of the Easter holiday in the Christian faith including some customs associated with the holiday. Also discusses the formal possession of the Danish West Indies by the U.S. on March 31, 1917. Renamed the Virgin Islands, this chain consists of St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John and about fifty other small islands.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Easter parade; title: Virgin Islands.