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Literature from Arkansas natives often bears the mark of the state's varied geography. The culture of rural Arkansas towns is reflected in works like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (based in Stamps, Arkansas) and John Grisham's A Painted House (based in Black Oak, Arkansas).
Arkansas literature has an emerging consciousness, though it still lags behind other Southern states such as Mississippi and Georgia in the promotion of its literary culture. University of Arkansas Press is probably the state's largest publisher of books, though there do exist some notable small presses in the state: August House , Rose ...
In many European countries, August is the holiday month for most workers. Numerous religious holidays occurred during August in ancient Rome. [2] Certain meteor showers take place in August. The Kappa Cygnids occur in August, with yearly dates varying. The Alpha Capricornids meteor shower occurs as early as July 10 and ends around August 10 ...
August 7 to 13: Exercise with Your Child Week, International Assistance Dog Week, National Farmers Market Week. August 25 to 31: Be Kind to Humankind Week. Monthly Observances in August 2023.
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John H. Quick (1870–1922), U.S. Marine awarded the Medal of Honor in the Spanish–American War, awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Navy Cross in World War I; James E. Rieger (1874–1951), Colonel Missouri National Guard; awarded Distinguished Service Cross and Croix de Guerre in World War I; Roscoe Robinson (1928-1993), U.S ...
August in the Eastern Orthodox calendar (1 C, 31 P) Pages in category "August observances" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 222 total.
The Johnson's, a Black Ozarker family from Franklin County, Missouri, in the northeastern Ozarks. ca 1890's.. Black Ozarkers, [1] who have also been referred to as Ozark Mountain Blacks, [2] are Afro-Americans who are native to or inhabitants of the once isolated Ozarks uplift, a heavily forested and mountainous geo-cultural region in the U.S. states of Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and the ...