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[[File:Chautauqua_Association_Incorporated_(1922).jpg|thumb|Chautauqua Association Incorporated, Fourth annual season, Wanganui February 7th to 10th, 1922.]]'''Chautauqua''' | [[File:Chautauqua_Association_Incorporated_(1922).jpg|thumb|Chautauqua Association Incorporated, Fourth annual season, Wanganui February 7th to 10th, 1922.]]'''Chautauqua''' describes an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. | ||
Named after Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York where the first was held, Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. | Named after Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York where the first was held, Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. | ||
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Former US President Theodore Roosevelt was quoted as saying that Chautauqua is "the most American thing in America". | Former US President Theodore Roosevelt was quoted as saying that Chautauqua is "the most American thing in America". | ||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
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Chautauqua_Cass_Lake_Minnesota_1917.jpg| | File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] reminds the public that it is, ''inter alia'', a Chautauqua. | ||
File:Chautauqua_Cass_Lake_Minnesota_1917.jpg|Chautauqua in Cass Lake, [[Minnesota (nonfiction)|Minnesota]] proves to be a splendid day of entertainment and education. | |||
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Chautauqua describes an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Named after Chautauqua Lake, in Western New York where the first was held, Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s.
A Chautauqua Assembly brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.
Former US President Theodore Roosevelt was quoted as saying that Chautauqua is "the most American thing in America".
In the News
Carnevale Tenebre reminds the public that it is, inter alia, a Chautauqua.
Chautauqua in Cass Lake, Minnesota proves to be a splendid day of entertainment and education.
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Chatauqua @ Wikipedia