The nation's first monument and the origins of the American memorial tradition : liberty enshrined / Sally Webster
Object Details
- Author
- Webster, Sally
- Subject
- Montgomery Monument (New York, N.Y.)
- Contents
- New York's De Lancey Family and the Origins of the American Memorial Tradition -- Celebrating the Repeal of the Stamp Act: New York Tributes to William Pitt and George III -- A Memorial to General Richard Montgomery: Commemorating the Death of an American Hero -- Benjamin Franklin and the Commission of America's First Monument -- New York, Pierre-Charles L'Enfant, and a Monument for America
- 2015
- 18th century
- Type
- Books
- History
- Physical description
- xvii, 236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place
- United States
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Nationalism and art--History
- Monuments--History
- Memorials--History
- Nationalism and collective memory
- Record ID
- siris_sil_1053440
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
