Sacrificing soldiers on the National Mall /
For the city's first two hundred years, the story told at Washington DC's symbolic center, the National Mall, was about triumphant American leaders. Since 1982, when the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated, the narrative has shifted to emphasize the memory of American wars. In the last...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2013.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | For the city's first two hundred years, the story told at Washington DC's symbolic center, the National Mall, was about triumphant American leaders. Since 1982, when the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated, the narrative has shifted to emphasize the memory of American wars. In the last thirty years, five significant war memorials have been built on, or very nearly on, the Mall. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Veterans Memorial, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, The National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism During WWII, and the National World War II M. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 262 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520954755 0520954750 |
