What were the starting and ending dates of the 1956 Democratic Party convention

Hello.

The 1956 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago.

It started on August 13, 1956, and ended on August 18, 1956.

See:

University of Virginia Library
"1956 Democratic National Convention, 13-18 August 1956."
http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/archacc/newaccessionsApr-Jun2004.htm

Infoplease.com - National Political Conventions 
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781449.html

OurCampaigns.com   US President - D Convention 1956
http://www.ourcampaigns.com/cgi-bin/r.cgi/RaceDetail.html?&RaceID=58374&ShowAllEndorse=Y

New York Times: Past Convention Coverage
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/whouse/convention-ra.html#1956

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Clarification of Answer by juggler-ga on 27 Jul 2004 17:19 PDT

Just one more note...  

The Eisenhower library at University of Texas describes the 1956
convention as follows:

"Aug. 13-17, 1956, International Amphitheatre, Chicago, Ill."
http://www.eisenhower.utexas.edu/page3.htm

After looking at the information on the New York Times page, it seems
that Sen. Kefauver's acceptance of the vice-presidential nomination
ended late on the evening of August 17th, the festivities presumably
continued into the early hours of the 18th.

I didn't want to leave the impression that there was a full day's
worth of convention activities on the 18th.

The answer was clear aned quick.  Nothing more need be said.