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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Memorial Day"”.
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Memorial Day observed
<p>This is a collection of various pieces of short fiction addressing similar or related themes and employing comparable narrative technique. These largely character driven pieces attempt to explore those ties which bind human beings to one another, as well as the barriers to connection and …
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The Spirit of Columbus: Civil War Memory in the Fountain City, 1865-1880
… War, the women of Columbus organized the Ladies Memorial Association to beautify Linwood Cemetery and build a Confederate monument. Their efforts between the years 1865 and 1880 was marked by organization of military parades and speech readings during Confederate Memorial Day, and fundraising …
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Virginians' Responses to the Gettysburg Address, 1863-1963
… in the state's newspapers, and accounts of Memorial Day celebrations, this chapter makes clear that Virginians largely ignored the Gettysburg Address in the twentieth-century while Northerners considered it an essential national document. In 1963, as in 1863, it was the assertions about …
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The Woman's Relief Corps: "Missionaries of the Flag," 1893-1918
… The earliest patriotic education was done on Memorial Day rather than on a daily basis in the schoolroom. The WRC’s plan for patriotic education went into full gear in 1893. The history of the Woman’s Relief Corps and the implementation of patriotic education is a fascinating one that shows …
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Xix, A Memorial and Study on the Proximity and Proportion of the Circle and the Square
… boarding school is the only place that houses a memorial for those 113 lives lost in Xix during the war. The existing memorial pavilion that houses a statue and commemorative plaque are being weathered by the elements. It is only a matter of time before the statue and plaque are overcome by the …