The property of the nation George Washington's tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President /

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"In the nineteenth century, George Washington became remembered as a man of the common people and the father of American democracy, despite the fact he was an aristocratic elite who believed in a strong centralized government. Following his death in 1799, the political leaders and social elites...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Costello, Matthew (Matthew R.) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2019]
Subjects:
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Tomb.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Death and burial.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799 > Influence.
Washington, George, > 1732-1799.
1800-1899
Collective memory > United States > History.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Mémoire collective > États-Unis > Histoire.
Collective memory.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Presidents.
Tombs.
Mount Vernon (Va. : Estate) > History > 19th century.
Mount Vernon (Virg. : Domaine) > Histoire > 19e siècle.
United States.
Virginia > Mount Vernon (Estate)
Biographies.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The body republic : Pater Patriae and the politics of disinterment
  • "There's money in old George's bones" : John Augustine Washington III and the advent of historical tourism
  • Cultivators of legend : enslaved storytellers at Mount Vernon
  • Frontiersman, solider, and farmer : the democratic Washington in popular culture
  • The civic pilgrimage : Washington's tomb and the veneration of Washington relics
  • "Guardians of a national shrine" : the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association and the legacy of Washington
  • Conclusion: Washington of the people, by the people, for the people.

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