Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery

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Published: 2023-06-14

Total Pages: 0

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Now in its newly revised fourth edition, Arlington National Cemetery: Shrine to America's Heroes has been the nation's leading guide to our most treasured national shrine for more than 35 years. This comprehensive guidebook vividly chronicles the story of Arlington, from its checkered origin to its present glory.Within its pages, you'll explore every corner of Arlington, retracing the lives of presidents and privates, officers and astronauts, actors, writers, and Supreme Court justices among it 400,000 honored dead. You'll discover the rich history of more than 40 monuments and memorials that ennoble its hallowed ground, including the Tomb of the Unknowns and the September 11th Memorial. The Washington Post calls the book "an informative guide?that reveals quite a few surprising facts." Others agree. You'll find the book on the shelves of Arlington advocates, veterans, historians, and family members whose loved ones are buried here. "Peters has done a terrific service to both eastern travelers and history buffs with this welcome recounting of the origins and growth of Arlington National Cemetery?An engrossing account?Fascinating appended material."(*starred review) American Library Association BOOKLIST"It is more than just a definitive guide; it is a book that makes history entertaining while recounting the fascinating lives of people buried at Arlington.""Life in the Times"Army Times, Navy Times, Air Force TimesJames Edward Peters artfully blends historic facts with obscure-but-intriguing details. He has been researching, writing, and lecturing on Arlington National Cemetery for more than 35 years. A native of Quincy, Illinois, he is a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and the New England School of Law. His articles have been published in this country and in Europe.

Arlington National Cemetery, Shrine to America's Heroes
Arlington National Cemetery, Shrine to America's Heroes

Author: James Edward Peters

Publisher:

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9781890627140

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Arlington National Cemetery is America's most treasured national burial ground, steeped in history and the site of our most solemn, national memories. "Arlington National Cemetery: Shrine to America's Heroes" is a definitive guide that describes Arlington, its history, and its heroes.

Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery

Author: Cynthia Parzych

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2009-09-15

Total Pages: 103

ISBN-13: 0762758112

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Walk through America’s most sacred ground and come to know the people and events that have shaped history Known for its more than 300,000 graves and for iconic monuments including the John F. Kennedy gravesite and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery is one of America’s most important historical landmarks. This book brings you face-to-face as never before with the people and events that have shaped its history. It features: - An introduction that sets Arlington National Cemetery in historical context - A timeline that adds further texture to the history described - A historical tour of key graves, including concise biographies of those who rest there - Nearby places to stay, eat, and visit - Archival and color photos throughout - Two PopOut maps—an archival map, and another showing the cemetery today About the Timeline series These one-of-a-kind books bring you face to face with the people and events that have shaped American history and who have left their mark on some of the nation’s most important historical landmarks and locations.

Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery
Section 27 and Freedman's Village in Arlington National Cemetery

Author: Ric Murphy

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2020-03-13

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1476677301

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From its origination, Arlington National Cemetery's history has been compellingly intertwined with that of African Americans. This book explains how the grounds of Arlington House, formerly the home of Robert E. Lee and a plantation of the enslaved, became a military camp for Federal troops, a freedmen's village and farm, and America's most important burial ground. During the Civil War, the property served as a pauper's cemetery for men too poor to be returned to their families, and some of the very first war dead to be buried there include over 1,500 men who served in the United States Colored Troops. More than 3,800 former slaves are interred in section 27, the property's original cemetery.

Historical Tours Arlington National Cemetery
Historical Tours Arlington National Cemetery

Author: Cynthia Parzych

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-04-15

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13: 1493017500

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These history travel guides provide an introduction discussing the history and preservation of the present-day site and facilities and include a detailed, walking tour interspersed with first-hand accounts about the cemetery and events that have taken place there. A timeline runs through the walking tour giving descriptions of key personalities who conceived, planned and designed the area with brief and colorful biographies. Also included is information that visitors to the site need to know about planning a trip there, including where to stay, eat, and what to see nearby.

The Revival Styles in American Memorial Art
The Revival Styles in American Memorial Art

Author: Peggy McDowell

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9780879726348

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"From the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries a sweeping movement in architectural and decorative taste dominated Western cultures. Known collectively by the descriptive term "Revival Styles," this phenomenon, which left a rich visual legacy upon the cultural landscapes of many nations, exhibited three primary manifestations: Classical (chiefly Greek and Roman), Gothic (or Medieval), and Egyptian (or Near Eastern). In America, for a variety of reasons, a significantly large amount of the creative energy inherent in the Revival movement was directed towards the conception and erection of spectacular monuments and memorials to prominent Americans. Frequently designed and executed by the leading architects and sculptors of the day, the great majority of these strikingly beautiful artifacts and structures were placed in the large "rural" cemeteries of American cities developed in the middle decades of the nineteenth century, where they remain for future generations to analyze and admire. In this richly illustrated volume, art historian Peggy McDowell and folklorist Richard E. Meyer blend their respective disciplinary perspectives, along with their shared long-standing fascination with cemeteries and funerary material culture, to provide a thoroughgoing descriptive analysis of this dramatic chapter in the history of American memorial art."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Author: Jeff Gottesfeld

Publisher: Candlewick Press

Published: 2021-03-16

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 1536224367

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With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America’s fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America’s fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there—with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937—is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection. Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.

Calculated Risk
Calculated Risk

Author: George Leopold

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1557537453

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Unlike other American astronauts, Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom never had the chance to publish his memoirs—save for an account of his role in the Gemini program—before the tragic launch pad fire on January 27, 1967, which took his life and those of Edward White and Roger Chaffee. The international prestige of winning the Moon Race cannot be understated, and Grissom played a pivotal and enduring role in securing that legacy for the United States. Indeed, Grissom was first and foremost a Cold Warrior, a member of the first group of Mercury astronauts whose goal it was to beat the Soviet Union to the moon. Drawing on extensive interviews with fellow astronauts, NASA engineers, family members, and friends of Gus Grissom, George Leopold delivers a comprehensive survey of Grissom’s life that places his career in the context of the Cold War and the history of human spaceflight. Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom adds significantly to our understanding of that tumultuous period in American history. --Publisher

The First Marine Captured in Vietnam
The First Marine Captured in Vietnam

Author: Donald L. Price

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-01-24

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1476604096

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Colonel Donald Gilbert Cook was the first U.S. Marine captured in Vietnam, the first and only Marine in history to earn the Medal of Honor while in captivity; and the first Marine POW to have a U.S. Navy ship named in his honor, the USS Donald Cook (DDG-75). On December 31, 1964, while serving as an observer with a South Vietnamese Marine Corps battalion on a combat operation against Viet Cong forces, he was captured near the village of Binh Gia in South Vietnam. Until his death in captivity in December 1967, Cook led ten POWs in a series of primitive jungle camps. This first book-length biography concentrates especially on Cook's three years in captivity, and is the first book exclusively about a Marine POW held in South Vietnam. Throughout, Cook's adherence to the Corps' traditional leadership principles and knowledge of the Code of Conduct are highlighted. His biography provides a unique case study of exemplary leadership under extremely difficult conditions. Includes 68 photographs.