Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument

by SethC.Bruggeman (Author)

• New

  Illustrated
  2008

  $37.11

  Examines the broader history of commemoration in the United States by focusing on the George Washington Birthplace National Monument in Virginia's Northern Neck, where contests of public memory have unfolded with particular vigor for nearly eighty years. This book looks at patriotism and collective memory.