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Holidays, and Seasons



                       Memorial Day is officially celebrated on the last Monday in May.




                       Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa all fall in December.



               Do not capitalize the names of the four seasons.




                       Marcy wants to do some spring cleaning before her children get

                    out of school for the summer.






               Place Names






               Capitalize specific place names.



                    Examples of Capitalization of Specific Place


                    Names




                       On our trip to Atlanta, we visited Six Flags Over Georgia, the
                    High Museum of Art, and Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Dr.

                    Martin Luther King Jr. preached.




                       We also saw a show at the Fox Theater and took in a Braves

                    game at Turner Field.
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