Author: George Washington WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The History of the Bunker Hill Monument Association During the First Century of the United States of America
Author: George Washington WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The History of the Bunker Hill Monument Association
Author: George Washington WarrenPublisher:
ISBN: 9783337438371
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
The History of the Bunker Hill Monument Association
Author: George Washington WarrenPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528572583
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
Excerpt from The History of the Bunker Hill Monument Association: During the First Century of the United States of America When first elected Secretary, he found scarcely any of the original papers on file. By continuous search and inquiries, he has been able to collect, during the last forty years, from the descendants or family friends of the prominent founders, a large mass of scattered material. The'newspapers of the period have supplied many details. Some of the matter quoted is of a trivial character, and some of a high order: taken together, it may serve as an index of the times of the former generations, and may help to give a nearer view of the eminent men who figured in them. Acknowledgments are due to Mr. Ernest Edwards of London, now with J. R. Osgood Company, the inventor of the heliotyping process, who has found out the way to multiply copies of the photograph in a durable form, - an art superior to the art of printing, as it reproduces the exact text and every form of fac-simile illustration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
HIST OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUME
Author: George Washington 1813-1883 WarrenPublisher:
ISBN: 9781362676836
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 568
Book Description
The History of the Bunker Hill Monument Association During the First Century of the United States of America
Author: George Washington WarrenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description
Catalog ... of the American Historical Library, Collection of Alfred S. Manson, Boston, Mass
Author: Alfred Small MansonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Characteristically American
Author: Joy GiguerePublisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN: 1621900770
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Prior to the nineteenth century, few Americans knew anything more of Egyptian culture than what could be gained from studying the biblical Exodus. Napoleon’s invasion of Egypt at the end of the eighteenth century, however, initiated a cultural breakthrough for Americans as representations of Egyptian culture flooded western museums and publications, sparking a growing interest in all things Egyptian that was coined Egyptomania. As Egyptomania swept over the West, a relatively young America began assimilating Egyptian culture into its own national identity, creating a hybrid national heritage that would vastly affect the memorial landscape of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Far more than a study of Egyptian revivalism, this book examines the Egyptian style of commemoration from the rural cemetery to national obelisks to the Sphinx at Mount Auburn Cemetery. Giguere argues that Americans adopted Egyptian forms of commemoration as readily as other neoclassical styles such as Greek revivalism, noting that the American landscape is littered with monuments that define the Egyptian style’s importance to American national identity. Of particular interest is perhaps America’s greatest commemorative obelisk: the Washington Monument. Standing at 555 feet high and constructed entirely of stone—making it the tallest obelisk in the world—the Washington Monument represents the pinnacle of Egyptian architecture’s influence on America’s desire to memorialize its national heroes by employing monumental forms associated with solidity and timelessness. Construction on the monument began in 1848, but controversy over its design, which at one point included a Greek colonnade surrounding the obelisk, and the American Civil War halted construction until 1877. Interestingly, Americans saw the completion of the Washington Monument after the Civil War as a mending of the nation itself, melding Egyptian commemoration with the reconstruction of America. As the twentieth century saw the rise of additional commemorative obelisks, the Egyptian Revival became ensconced in American national identity. Egyptian-style architecture has been used as a form of commemoration in memorials for World War I and II, the civil rights movement, and even as recently as the 9/11 remembrances. Giguere places the Egyptian style in a historical context that demonstrates how Americans actively sought to forge a national identity reminiscent of Egyptian culture that has endured to the present day. Joy M. Giguere is an assistant professor of history at Penn State, York. She completed this book while working as an assistant professor at Ivy Tech Community College in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Her articles have appeared in the Journal of the Civil War Era and Markers: The Annual Journal of the Association for Gravestone Studies.
The Nation's First Monument and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition
Author: Sally WebsterPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351542028
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The commemorative tradition in early American art is given sustained consideration for the first time in Sally Webster's study of public monuments and the construction of an American patronymic tradition. Until now, no attempt has been made to create a coherent early history of the carved symbolic language of American liberty and independence. Establishing as the basis of her discussion the fledgling nation's first monument, Jean-Jacques Caffi?'s Monument to General Richard Montgomery (commissioned in January of 1776), Webster builds on the themes of commemoration and national patrimony, ultimately positing that like its instruments of government, America drew from the Enlightenment and its reverence for the classical past. Webster's study is grounded in the political and social worlds of New York City, moving chronologically from the 1760s to the 1790s, with a concluding chapter considering the monument, which lies just east of Ground Zero, against the backdrop of 9/11. It is an original contribution to historical scholarship in fields ranging from early American art, sculpture, New York history, and the Revolutionary era. A chapter is devoted to the exceptional role of Benjamin Franklin in the commissioning and design of the monument. Webster's study provides a new focus on New York City as the 18th-century city in which the European tradition of public commemoration was reconstituted as monuments to liberty's heroes.
Notices of recent publications, ed. by J.W. Dean
Author: New England historic genealogical societyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Catalogue of the Remaining Portion of the Library of the Late E.N. Coburn, of Charlestown, Mass
Author: E. N. CoburnPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description