Pella Tulip Time (continued)

programs at. See pre-parade entertainment

prohibition of alcohol at, 288, 294

promotional aims of, 127–129, 130–132, 139–140, 149, 220–222, 226, 242–243, 250–254, 309–310

singing of Dutch national anthem at, 134, 138, 267

Steering Committee, 225, 245–246

Straats Vergadering, 136–137

street scrubbing, 132–133, 138, 157, 164, 166, 185, 220, 265–266, 268

town tours, 24–25, 245–246, 250–254, 309–310

tulip plantings, 132, 137, 286

Tulip Queen and Court, 133–134, 136, 138, 186–189, 231, 244, 260–261, 263–264, 276, 313–314

as unifier of community, 128–129, 166, 233, 238, 242–243, 250, 262, 267–268, 300–301

Volks parade, 133, 136–138, 188–189, 201, 255–263, 276, 308

emphasis on children, 260–263

traditional characters and elements in, 256, 262

window displays of antiques, 126, 130, 134–137, 143, 157, 228

Peoria, Iowa, 71, 100

nativist attacks on, 48, 162, 206

Peterson, Clifford, 167–168, 197

Philadelphia

250^th anniversary celebration,, 44–45

Philadelphia (continued)

Federal procession, 35

Koninginnedag Celebration, 171, 331

pre-Civil War parades, 36, 46–47

Pipestone, Minnesota, 72, 207

Pittsburgh, 46

Polish-American heritage celebrations, 6, 43–44

Precious Moments, 291

Presley, Elvis, 276

Prins, Jacob, 127–130, 166

Prinsburg, Minnesota, 73, 103–105, 150

Progressive movement, 37–38, 45–46

Protestant Reformed Church (PRC), 90, 213, 216, 258, 323, 329

“public events,”, 16–17, 23

Reagan, Ronald, 123

Reddi-Wip, 29, 247

Redeemer College, 91

Redlands, California, 74, 91, 169–170, 331

Red Scare, 163

Reformed Church in America (RCA), 94, 103–104, 154, 168, 323, 329

competition with CRC, 87–90, 104–105, 128–129, 213, 258, 306–319

formation of, 55–56, 258

schisms in, 85–86, 100, 258

use of Dutch language by, 55–57, 86–87, 91, 162–163

Revolutionary War, 34, 36, 57, 154

rites, 14–17

Ritzema, Bert, 169, 194, 236

Ritzema, Patty, 169, 194, 236