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Chapter 3.

east Pennsylvania
southern California
northern Virginia
west Florida; but West Florida (1763-1819)
eastern region; western region
north-central region
east coast; eastern seaboard
northern Italy
southern France

but East Germany; West Germany (former political entities)

Names of calendar divisions
3.23.

The names of calendar divisions are capitalized.

January; February; March; etc.
Monday; Tuesday; Wednesday; etc.

but spring; summer; autumn (fall); winter

Names of holidays, etc.
3.24.

The names of holidays and ecclesiastic feast and fast days are capitalized.

April Fools' Day
Arbor Day
Armed Forces Day
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas Day, Eve
Columbus Day
Father's Day
Feast of the Passover; the Passover
Flag Day Rosh Hashanah
Fourth of July; the Fourth
Halloween
Hanukkah
Hogmanay
Inauguration Day (Federal)
Independence Day
Labor Day
Lincoln's Birthday
Memorial Day (also Decoration Day)
Mother's Day
New Year's Day, Eve
Presidents Day
Ramadan
St. Valentine's Day
Thanksgiving Day
Washington's Birthday
Yom Kippur

but election day, primary day