Raggedy Ann and Andy Day 2023
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I was a boychild and as such became preoccupied with riding bikes, playing army, and making super 8mm films with my friend Chris.
In actuality, I don't recall there ever having been a Raggedy Ann or Raggedy Andy present in the domicile during my childhood. Go figure. Plenty of others had them.
Today is Raggedy Ann and Andy Day.
It goes down each June 12 in tribute to the two cartoon and book characters that became a phenomenon with most other children in the US.
They were created by one Johnny Gruelle who was a newspaper cartoonist. He entered and won first prize in a comic drawing contest by the New York Herald in 1910.
The cartoon entry evolved from Raggedy Ann to include her brother, Raggedy Andy and they proceed to become the topics of books, cartoons, and such over time. The rest is attributed to both fame and history.