The Politics of Mourning : Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery /

Arlington National Cemetery is America's most sacred shrine, a destination for four million visitors who each year tour its grounds and honor those buried there. For many, Arlington's symbolic importance places it beyond politics. Yet as Micki McElya shows, no site in the United States pla...

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Autor principal: McElya, Micki (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2016]
Temas:
HISTORY / United States / General.
Arlington House.
Armistice DayU.S. Civil War.
Contraband Cemetery.
Decoration Day.
Freedman's Village.
Memorial Amphitheater.
Memorial Day.
Montgomery C. Meigs.
Robert E. Lee.
Selina Gray.
United States Colored Troops.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction: A Nation's Heart
  • 1. Keeper of the Keys
  • 2. Freedman's Village
  • 3. A National Cemetery
  • 4. Bringing Home the Dead
  • 5. Out of Many, One Unknown
  • 6. For Us, the Living
  • 7. Knowns and Unknowns
  • Conclusion: Hereafter
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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