Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The United States observes holidays derived from events in American history, Christian traditions, and national patriarchs. Thanksgiving is the principal traditionally-American holiday, evolving from the English Pilgrim's custom of giving thanks for one's welfare.
Developments in the culture of the United States in modern history have often been followed by similar changes in the rest of the world (American cultural imperialism). This includes knowledge, customs, and arts of Americans, as well as events in the social, cultural, and political spheres.
According to tradition, the same groundhog has made predictions ever since the 1800s. The Jersey Devil is a legendary creature said to inhabit the New Jersey Pine Barrens of Southern New Jersey in the United States. The creature is often described as a flying biped with hooves, but there are many different variations.
It is impossible to imagine human history without traditions or holidays of some sort. ... national and religious events in the United States are ... various cultural traditions are fundamental ...
The culture of the Southern United States, Southern culture, or Southern heritage, is a subculture of the United States. From its many cultural influences, the South developed its own unique customs, dialects , arts, literature , cuisine , dance, and music . [ 3 ]
A World Values Survey cultural world map, describing the United States as low in "Secular-Rational Values" and high in "Self-Expression Values". The society of the United States is based on Western culture, and has been developing since long before the United States became a country with its own unique social and cultural characteristics such as dialect, music, arts, social habits, cuisine ...
Cultural history of the United States by location (4 C) A. African-American cultural history (7 C, 195 P, 1 F) American architectural history (6 C, 1 P)
In the Southern United States, families serve collard greens and black-eyed peas on New Year's Day. The greens are said to represent money, the peas for coins, symbolizing prosperity.