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The Boston Tea Party, protesting the English tax on tea.

The Boston Tea Party

The Boston Tea Party, protesting the English tax on tea.

An illustration of a group of men and woman dancing.

Group Dancing

An illustration of a group of men and woman dancing.

An illustration of a group of men and women attending a dinner party.

Dinner Party

An illustration of a group of men and women attending a dinner party.

Inauguration ceremony for General Grant for his second term as President.

Grant's Second Inauguration as President

Inauguration ceremony for General Grant for his second term as President.

An illustration of insects acting as people and having a party.

Insect Party

An illustration of insects acting as people and having a party.

An illustration of a king and queen holding hands and dancing with a large group of people.

King & Queen Dancing with Group of People

An illustration of a king and queen holding hands and dancing with a large group of people.

An illustration of a typical marriage celebration in England during the eighteen hundreds.

Marriage Celebration

An illustration of a typical marriage celebration in England during the eighteen hundreds.

"Not made on the spot but probably presenting approximately the king of equipage in which Napoleon traveled. He was accompanied by five other persons only."—Hazen, 1917

Napoleon Returning to France

"Not made on the spot but probably presenting approximately the king of equipage in which Napoleon traveled.…

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted by a line, which always runs in the direction of one or more of the honourable ordinaries." -Hall, 1862

Parted Per Pale and Per Bend Sinister

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER BEND SINISTER Counterchanged, or and gules. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided,…

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON Gules and or, counter changed. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and applies to the several parts of an escutcheon parted by a line, which always runs in the direction of one or more of the honourable ordinaries." -Hall, 1862

Parted Per Pale and Per Chevron

"PARTED PER PALE AND PER CHEVRON Gules and or, counter changed. PARTY or PARTED signifies divided, and…

An illustration of a betrothal party. Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be married. Historically betrothal was a formal contract, blessed or officiated by a religious authority. Betrothal is no longer common beyond some Arab cultures, in Judaism and in Islam.

Engagement Party

An illustration of a betrothal party. Betrothal is a formal state of engagement to be married. Historically…

A young colonial woman's dower being paid in shillings according to her weight.

A Young Lady's Dower in Pine Tree Shillings

A young colonial woman's dower being paid in shillings according to her weight.

Colonel Sloughter signing the order to execute two rebels. According to popular lore, Sloughter was against executing the men, but his signature was obtained while he was intoxicated, by enemies of the accused.

Sloughter Signing the Death-Warrant

Colonel Sloughter signing the order to execute two rebels. According to popular lore, Sloughter was…

<p>The Skeleton asked his friends, "Do you think this is a gathering, a shindig, or a hootenanny?"</p> <p>The Ghost said, "I don't know, what's difference?"</p> <p>The Zombie asked, "Arruugh?"</p> <p>"Well," said said the Skeleton, "a gathering is cheese, and mellow song stylings. A shindig is some dip, less mellow song stylings, perhaps a large amount of punch. And, well, hootenanny is chock full of hoot just a little bit of nanny".</p> <p>Since they had no cheese, music, or punch but had a fair bit of hoot <em>and</em> nanny (particularly so in the Zombie's case) they all agreed that it was indeed a Hootenanny they found themselves attending.</p> <p>Illustrated by James Basom Seaman II</p>

Spooky Hootenanny

The Skeleton asked his friends, "Do you think this is a gathering, a shindig, or a hootenanny?" The…

"Symposium, a drinking-party. The symposium must be distunguished from the deipnon, for though drinking almost always followed a dinner-party, yet the former was regarded as entirely distinct from the latter, was regulated by different customs, and frequently received the addition of many guests, who were not present at the dinner. For the Greeks did not usually drink at their dinner, and it was not till the conclusion of the meal that wine was introduced." &mdash Smith; 1873

Symposium

"Symposium, a drinking-party. The symposium must be distunguished from the deipnon, for though drinking…

A cartoon of two gentlemen smoking cigarettes.

Two Gentlemen in Suits

A cartoon of two gentlemen smoking cigarettes.

An illustration of a group of women dancing.

Women Dancing

An illustration of a group of women dancing.