The Age of Anniversaries

The Age of Anniversaries

Author: T. G. Otte

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-28

Total Pages: 405

ISBN-13: 135170236X

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For historians centennial commemorations furnish an excellent heuristic tool for gauging late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century attitudes towards the past and the present. Centenary celebrations helped to revive, perpetuate and reinforce public perceptions of historical events and people in collective memory. They were fairly infrequent before 1850 but increased in size and numbers by the end of the long nineteenth century, so much so that a ‘cult of the centenary’ had become established throughout the wider Western world around 1900. At one level, such events were ephemeral affairs. And yet many left a lasting legacy. Above all, as part of the contemporary processes of the ‘invention of traditions’ and the conscious national ‘self-historicization’ of the established nation-states, they offer crucial insights into the social, cultural and political dynamics of the period.


A Historic Discourse

A Historic Discourse

Author: Samuel Lee

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-10-26

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781334069178

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Excerpt from A Historic Discourse: Delivered at the Centennial Celebration of the First Congregational Church in New Ipswich, October 22, 1860 The time during which persons were under conviction in this revival is thought to have been about three weeks. The subjects of the work were of all ages, from children of four, seven and twelve years, up to extreme old age. And, if we may judge from such of them as have been living within the last twenty years, the conversions must have been genuine, and the consecration to Christ full and practical. So far as known, a solitary individual alone remains, a monument of the grace of this memorable period. As the fruits of this revival, there were added to the church during the year 1786, eighty-eight members, and in the year following, ten, by which the church was more than doubled, there being but ninety-one members before. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Illustrated Programme of the Centennial Celebration in New York, April, 1889. 1789. 1889 ...

Illustrated Programme of the Centennial Celebration in New York, April, 1889. 1789. 1889 ...

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Published: 1889

Total Pages: 40

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Describes in detail the extensive activities planned for New York City's celebration of the centennial of George Washington's first inauguration held there in 1789. Describes the decorations; the centennial banquet for 800 guests; the parade units; the naval parade; the great ball at the Metropolitan Opera House, the music and dances on the card, and the menu for the supper following, Describes the planning for the celebration, including difficulties and controversies surmounted in the process.