In a message dated 95-11-17 18:29:48 EST, [log in to unmask] (Patricia
> Reynolds) writes:
> A commemorative plate is made for decoration
> >(and for the feelings which accompany its purchase), which
> >I agree, is very different from a dinner plate, made
> >for household use - but both are real.
>
Further, if we were not to collect commemoration of Independence
Day (Fourth of July) celebrations merely because they are not connected to
the "original" event, we would be missing a significant source of information
about community ritual.
Richard Perry
UC San Diego
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