Traces the history of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., discussing its plan and structures, and considering how the concept of memorials and memorial space

"No soldier could ask for a sweeter resting place than on the field of glory where he fell. The land he died to save vies with the one which gave him birth in p

Traces the history of the National Mall in Washington, D.C., discussing its plan and structures, and considering how the concept of memorials and memorial space

This book tells the stories behind the many District of Columbia statues that honor participants in the Civil War. Organized geographically for easy use on walk

The United States began as a slave society, holding millions of Africans and their descendants in bondage, and remained so until a civil war took the lives of a