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The '''Easter parade''' is an American cultural event consisting of a [[promenade]] on [[Easter Sunday]]. The | The '''Easter parade''' is an American cultural event consisting of a [[promenade]] on [[Easter Sunday]]. Typically, it is an informal and unorganized event. The parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in [[New York City]], but smaller parades are often held in other cities. Persons participating in an Easter parade traditionally dress in fine new clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to show it off to others. Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870's, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-twentieth century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million persons. By 2000 its popularity had declined significantly, drawing only 30,000 people in 2008. | ||
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<ref name='Barnett'> {{cite journal|title=The Easter Festival—A Study in Cultural Change|journal=American Sociological Review|date=February 1949|first=James H.|last=Barnett|coauthors=|volume=14|issue=1|pages=62-70|id= |url=|format=|accessdate=2008-04-13 }}</ref> | <ref name='Barnett'> {{cite journal|title=The Easter Festival—A Study in Cultural Change|journal=American Sociological Review|date=February 1949|first=James H.|last=Barnett|coauthors=|volume=14|issue=1|pages=62-70|id= |url=|format=|accessdate=2008-04-13 }}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{cite book | last = Bergreen | first = Laurence | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin | publisher = Viking Penguin | date = 1990 | location = New York | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-670-81874-7 }}</ref> | <ref>{{cite book | last = Bergreen | first = Laurence | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin | publisher = Viking Penguin | date = 1990 | location = New York | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-670-81874-7 }}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{cite book | last = Collins | first = Ace | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter | publisher = Zondervan | date = 2007 | location = Grand Rapids, Michigan | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-310-26315-8 }}</ref> | <ref>{{cite book | last = Collins | first = Ace | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter | publisher = Zondervan | date = 2007 | location = Grand Rapids, Michigan | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-310-26315-8 }}</ref> | ||
<ref>{{cite book | last = Schmidt | first = Leigh Eric | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays | publisher = Princeton University Press | date = 1995 | location = Princeton, New Jersey | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 0-691-01721-2 }}</ref> | |||
<ref name='Schmidt 1994'> {{cite journal|title=The Easter Parade: Piety, Fashion, and Display|journal=Religion and American Culture|date=Summer, 1994|first=Leigh Eric|last=Schmidt|coauthors=|volume=4|issue=2|pages=135-164|id= |url=|format=|accessdate=2008-04-13 }}</ref> | |||
<ref>{{cite book | last = Shoemaker | first = Alfred L. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Eastertide in Pennsylvania: A Folk-Cultural Study | publisher = Stackpole Books | date = 2000 | location = Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 081170458-X }}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:12, 13 April 2008
The Easter parade is an American cultural event consisting of a promenade on Easter Sunday. Typically, it is an informal and unorganized event. The parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York City, but smaller parades are often held in other cities. Persons participating in an Easter parade traditionally dress in fine new clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to show it off to others. Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870's, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-twentieth century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million persons. By 2000 its popularity had declined significantly, drawing only 30,000 people in 2008.
Ancient origins
History in New York
Religious influences
Commercial influences
Other venues
See also
References
- ↑ Barnett, James H. (February 1949). "The Easter Festival—A Study in Cultural Change". American Sociological Review 14 (1): 62-70. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ↑ Bergreen, Laurence (1990). As Thousands Cheer: The Life of Irving Berlin. New York: Viking Penguin. ISBN 0-670-81874-7.
- ↑ Collins, Ace (2007). Stories Behind the Traditions and Songs of Easter. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan. ISBN 0-310-26315-8.
- ↑ Schmidt, Leigh Eric (1995). Consumer Rites: The Buying and Selling of American Holidays. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-691-01721-2.
- ↑ Schmidt, Leigh Eric (Summer, 1994). "The Easter Parade: Piety, Fashion, and Display". Religion and American Culture 4 (2): 135-164. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
- ↑ Shoemaker, Alfred L. (2000). Eastertide in Pennsylvania: A Folk-Cultural Study. Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books. ISBN 081170458-X.