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American Artist Appreciation Month
Check out the work of these American artists:
James Audubon Mary Cassatt
Winslow Homer James McNeill Whistler
Georgia O'Keefe Thomas Hart Benton
Famous Paintings: Art Appreciation Lessons for Kids
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 National Inventors Month
To learn more about inventors and their inventions, click here.
U.S. Patent Office Kids Pages
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 Francis Scott Key, the composer of the "Star Spangled Banner", was born on August 1, 1779. To learn more about him, click here.
To see the lyrics and hear the "Star Spangled Banner", click here.
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 National Water Quality Month
10 Interesting Things About Water
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 National Eye Exam Month
Your Eyes
Eye Quiz
An Experiment: Are two eyes better than one?
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"TheWizard of Oz"
premiered on
August 18, 1939.
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August 26 is Women's Equality Day. It is the anniversary of women getting the right to vote.
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Author birthdays in August:
August 1: Gail Gibbons
August 2: James Howe
August 7: Betsy Byars
August 8: Jan Pienkowski
August 9: Patricia McKissack
August 12: Walter Dean Myers
August 18: Paula Danziger
August 21: Arthur Yorinks
August 28: Allen Say
August 29: Karen Hesse
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Famous people born in August:
August 10- Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
August 13- Annie Oakley
August 17- Davy Crockett
August 19- Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Orville Wright
August 27- Mother Teresa
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