Sacrificing soldiers on the National Mall /

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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Main Author:	Hass, Kristin Ann, 1965-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.
Subjects:	War memorials > Washington (D.C.) World War II Memorial (Washington, D.C.) Korean War Veterans Memorial (Washington, D.C.) National Japanese American Memorial to Patriotism (Washington, D.C.) Memorialization > United States. Collective memory > United States. Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
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