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Author:

Dupré, Judith, 1956-

Title:

Monuments : America's history in art and memory / Judith Dupré.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Random House,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xix, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Subject:

Monuments--United States.
Monuments--United States--Pictorial works.
Historic sites--United States.
Historic sites--United States--Pictorial works.
United States--History, Local.
United States--History, Local--Pictorial works.
Architecture and society--United States.
Memory--Social aspects--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [234]-242) and index.

Contents:

The Liberty Bell, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1753 and 2003) -- Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1831) -- The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas (1836) -- Freedom Schooner Amistad, New Haven, Connecticut (1836, replica 2000) -- Gettysburg National Military Park, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania (1863 and 1895) -- Hart Island, Bronx, New York (1869 to present) -- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana (1879, 1946, and 2003) -- Washington Monument, Washington, D.C. (1885) -- Statue of Liberty, New York Harbor (1886) -- Monument Avenue, Richmond, Virginia (various dates to 1995) --Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. (1891) -- General Grant National Memorial, New York City (1897) -- Shaw Memorial, Boston, Massachusetts (1897) -- Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1922) -- Balto, Central Park, New York City (1925) -- Château-Thierry Monument, Château-Thierry, France (1928) -- Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia (1932) -- Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota (1925 to 1941) -- Jefferson Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1943) -- Remembering World War II (various dates and locations) -- World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. (2004) -- Interview with Nick Benson, stone-carver -- Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site, Atlanta, Georgia (1980) -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1982) -- One soldier's story -- AIDS Memorial Quilt, Atlanta, Georgia (1987 and continuing) -- Manzanar National Historic Site, California (1992) -- Korean War Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1995) -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. (1997 and 2001) -- The New York Times Capsule, New York City (2001) -- Oklahoma City National Memorial, Oklahoma (2000) -- The Temporary Memorials of 9/11 (2001) -- Irish Hunger Memorial, New York City (2002) -- The Heavenly City, Washington, D.C. (2004) -- Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial, College Station, Texas (2004) -- Memento Mori -- Luminous Manuscript, Center for Jewish History, New York City (2004) -- Beyond Earth.

Summary:

A leading architectural historian examines more than three dozen notable American monuments, including the Alamo, Gettysburg, Mount Rushmore, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and offers interviews with architects and other information.

ISBN:

1400065828 (acid-free paper)
9781400065820 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70046094

LCCN:

2006047356

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

GFPE771 -- Altoona Public Library (Altoona)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)