Autumn Holidays, Observances, & Notable Dates Posters
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Autumn, or fall, is the annual transitional season between the long daylight hours of summer and the long nights of Winter, and the season opposite of Spring. The word 'autumn', from the Latin 'auctumnus' with the root meaning of 'to satisfy one's self', is associated with maturity as ripe crops are harvested and preserved for the coming winter, and increasingly cool and rainy weather. Both Halloween (All Hallow's Eve- the evening before All Saints [hallowed=holy] Day on November 1) and Thanksgiving have become major holidays for Americans, and can find their roots in mythology. The recent holiday of Labor Day, set as the summer season wanes, honors those who produced the manufactured goods. For example, in Greek mythology the autumn and winter seasons are experienced and explained as the mourning of Demeter (Roman goddess Ceres), the goddess of agriculture, to the underground banishment of her daughter Persephone, for six months.  Astronomically autumn is the season from the autumnal equinox, when the sun 'crosses' the celestial equator, to the winter solstice (sol + stitium= stoppage) when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator and the shortest day of the year. Equinoxes and solstices mark relative positions of the orbiting Earth that has a 23.5° axis tilt to the orbit plane, thus varying the exposure of the northern and southern hemisphere and resulting in seasonal (periodic) changes. Stonehenge is an example of an ancient astronomical observatory, where the people could be assured that the sun was following its usual path.
The North American use of the English word 'fall' as an alternative word for autumn seems to have roots in the 16th century contraction of the expression "fall of the leaf' to describe the annual falling of leaves from deciduous trees, that the Europeans brought with them to the New World. Autumn holiday and observances posters and art prints as teaching resources. Also see monthly Observances and Events lists - September | October | November |
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Labor Day Souvenir, 'Labor Conquers Everything...' Art Print "The strictest law oft becomes the severest injustice."
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Grandparents Day - 1st Sunday after Labor Day - Grandmother Telling a Story to Her Grandchildren, Giclee Print, Gustave Dore b. 1-6-1832; Strasbourg, France d. 1-23-1883; Paris
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International Literacy Day-September 8 Ink is for writing. United Nations Literacy Decade 2003-1012, Literacy as Freedom (poster design is based on the winning entry in the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival held in June 2005) -free download PDF (English / French / Spanish) free poster gallery |
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Constitution Fine Art Print
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Principles of Humanity Posters Images and words - compassion, courage, ethics, freedom, giving, happines harmony, kindness, peace, reflection, respect, tolerance, wisdom • more peace education posters |
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Autumn Leaves Poster
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Columbus Day- The Columbus Day observance was initiated to commemorate the 1492 European 'discovery' of the New World and completely ignored the truth that the continent was populated by an estimated 100 million indiginous peoples, and the Europeans as Vikings had documented landings nearly 500 years before Columbus. Current commerative events are emphasizing the genocide of Columbus' colonial governorship in order to remove Columbus as a popular hero. • more Christopher Columbus posters |
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United Nations Day, October 24, is devoted to making known 'to peoples of the world the aims and achievements of the United Nations.' It has traditionally been marked throughout the world by meetings, discussions and exhibits about the UN. • more peace posters |
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Halloween, October 31
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Thanksgiving Day, Landing at Plymouth Rock, Art Print
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A Bountiful Thanksgiving, Turkey, Pumpkin, Autumn Leaves, Art Print
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Autumn, from a Series of the Four Seasons, Commissioned by Emperor Maximilian II (1527-76) 1573, Giclee Print
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Ceres, Roman Goddess of Abundance, Giclee Print,
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Four Seasons, Potato Harvest, Art Print, Vincent Van Gogh
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Three Trees, Autumn, Art Print, Claude Monet
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Lake George, Autumn, 1927, Art Print, Georgia O'Keeffe
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Seasons / Weather Poster (Spanish, El tiempo)
el otono, el relampago, la niebla, las nubes, la primavera, el invierno, el arco iris, la lluvia, el trueno, la temperatura, el sol, el verano, el viento, la nieve, el tornado • more Spanish posters |
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