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Fred de Gresac Fred de Gresac
Gresac, Fred[erique Rosine] De (1866–1943), playwright. The French wife of the famed opera singer Victor Maurel and a celebrated journalist in France, she was also a successful playwright and librettist. Among her better‐known librettos were The Enchantress (1911) and Sweethearts... Read more
Flag Day Flag Day
Flag Day anniversary of the adoption of the American flag in 1777. It is celebrated on June 14 but is not a legal holiday.... Read more
Book of Jashar Book of Jashar
Book of Jashar , lost Hebrew work, apparently a collection of songs celebrating national events. Fragments appear in the books of Joshua and Second Samuel.... Read more
Hornton stone Hornton stone
Hornton stone. A limestone named after quarries at Hornton in north-west Oxfordshire. It is typically a rich rusty brown in colour, but green and greyish-blue tints also occur. It was a favourite stone of Henry Moore, the celebrated Madonna and Child (1943–4) in St Matthew's, Northampton,... Read more
Bicentennial Bicentennial
BICENTENNIAL BICENTENNIAL. The 200th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence was the country's most broadly celebrated anniversary. Like the 1876 centennial, it followed a period of social tension that created an ominous backdrop for the event. The bicentennial represented,... Read more
Birthday Birthday
Birthday The celebration of the anniversary of one's birth is a phenomenon of modern industrial society. It is connected to the rise of a scientific way of thinking and to new attitudes about children and childhood. Perfection of the calendar by the Egyptians and Mesopotamians enabled people to... Read more
Roy Chapman Andrews Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews 1884-1960, American naturalist and explorer, b. Beloit, Wis., B.A. Beloit College, 1906, M.A. Columbia Univ., 1913. Associated with the American Museum of Natural History, New York City, from 1906, he was its director from 1935 to 1942. Between 1908 and 1914 he made several... Read more
Annie Leibovitz Annie Leibovitz
Annie Leibovitz As a photographer of today's hottest celebrities—and who herself has become a celebrity—Annie Leibovitz (born c. 1949) has chronicled popular culture for more than 25 years. She is "a photographer of celebrities who has herself become a celebrity." For the past... Read more
Fourth of July Fourth of July
Fourth of July US national holiday. It celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776, and has been a national holiday since then.... Read more

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