This book contains royalty-free material on bicentennial themes for presentation by schools and amateur groups. The first section, Plays and Pageants, contains "Our Great Declaration,""A Star for Old Glory,""Sing, America, Sing,""Washington Marches On,""When Freedom Was News," and "A Dish of Green Peas." The second section, Playlets and Spelldowns, contains "Yankee Doodle Dandy,""Ask Mr. Jefferson,""Molly Pitcher,""Freedom in a Word," and "How to Spell a Patriot." The third section, Recitation, Poems and Choral Readings, contains "The Many Rides of Paul Revere,""The Red, White, and Blue,""Who Is It?""Bunker Hill,""Washington at Valley Forge,""The Ragged Continentals,""My Bet on the Declaration,""The Carved Symbol,""His Name Was Nathan Hale,""The Liberty Bell Speaks,""Old Glory," and "Thank You, America." The final section of the document contains production notes for some of the materials in sections 1 and 2. (TS)