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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Random House, c2007.Edition: 1st edDescription: xix, 250 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 1400065828 (acidfree paper)
  • 9781400065820 (acid-free paper)
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Contents:
The evolving monument -- The Liberty Bell -- Mount Auburn Cemetery -- The Alamo -- Freedom Schooner Amistad -- Gettysburg National Military Park -- Hart Island -- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument -- Washington Monument -- Statue of Liberty -- Monument Avenue -- Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery -- General Grant National Memorial -- Shaw memorial -- Lincoln Memorial -- Balto, Central Park -- Chateau-Thierry Monument -- Tomb of the Unknowns (Tomb of the unknown soldier) -- Mount Rushmore -- Jefferson Memorial -- Remembering World War II -- World War II Memorial -- Nick Benson, stone carver -- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- One soldier's story -- AIDS Memorial Quilt -- Manzanar National Historic Site -- Korean War Veterans Memorial -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (FDR Memorial) -- The New York Times capsule -- Oklahoma City National Memorial -- The temporary memorials of 9/11 -- Irish Hunger Memorial -- The Heavenly City -- Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial -- Memento Mori -- Luminous Manuscript, Center for Jewish History -- Beyond earth.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 973 D942 Available 33111004990756
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Skyscrapers, Churches, and Bridges comes a stunning visual history that serves as a tribute to classic American landmarks.

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

The evolving monument -- The Liberty Bell -- Mount Auburn Cemetery -- The Alamo -- Freedom Schooner Amistad -- Gettysburg National Military Park -- Hart Island -- Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument -- Washington Monument -- Statue of Liberty -- Monument Avenue -- Adams Memorial, Rock Creek Cemetery -- General Grant National Memorial -- Shaw memorial -- Lincoln Memorial -- Balto, Central Park -- Chateau-Thierry Monument -- Tomb of the Unknowns (Tomb of the unknown soldier) -- Mount Rushmore -- Jefferson Memorial -- Remembering World War II -- World War II Memorial -- Nick Benson, stone carver -- Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site -- Vietnam Veterans Memorial -- One soldier's story -- AIDS Memorial Quilt -- Manzanar National Historic Site -- Korean War Veterans Memorial -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial (FDR Memorial) -- The New York Times capsule -- Oklahoma City National Memorial -- The temporary memorials of 9/11 -- Irish Hunger Memorial -- The Heavenly City -- Texas A&M University Bonfire Memorial -- Memento Mori -- Luminous Manuscript, Center for Jewish History -- Beyond earth.

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