Title Here, George Washington was born : memory, material culture, and the public history of a national monument / Seth C. Bruggeman

Published Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description xi, 260 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm Contents Introduction. Birthing Washington -- Ch. 1. The First Stone -- Ch. 2. Costumed Ladies and Federal Agents -- Ch. 3. Building X -- Ch. 4. A Contest of Relics -- Ch. 5. Framing the Colonial Picture -- Ch. 6. Homecomings Notes Formerly CIP. Uk Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and index Subject National monuments -- Social aspects -- United States. National monuments -- Political aspects -- United States. Collective memory -- United States. Material culture -- Social aspects -- United States. Material culture -- Political aspects -- United States. Public history -- United States. Patriotism -- United States. Nationalism -- United States. SUBJECT George Washington Birthplace National Monument (Va.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh91004004 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 LC no. 2008032078 ISBN 9780820331775 hardcover alkaline paper 0820331775 hardcover alkaline paper 9780820331782 paperback alkaline paper 0820331783 paperback alkaline paper

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