US Public Memory, Rhetoric, and the National Mall

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Soul of the Nation
Roger C. Aden

Chapter 2. Civic Tourism and the Washington Monument
Casey R. Schmitt

Chapter 3. Placemaking and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: An Exploration in User-experience Design
John A. McArthur

Chapter 4. Myth and Accountability: The Negotiation of Rhetorical Tensions in the Korean War Veterans Memorial
Michael R. Kramer

Chapter 5. Commemorating in America's Front Yard: The National World War II Memorial and the Public Memory Landscape of the National Mall
Jennifer L. Jones Barbour

Chapter 6. A Requiem and a Dream: Discerning the Rhetorical Significance of the Lincoln Memorial
Raymond Blanton

Chapter 7. The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial as a Site of Virtuous Suffering
Lawrence J. Prelli

Chapter 8. Entrepreneurs and Immigrants: Representing American Identity in the National Museum of American History
Jennifer Keohane

Chapter 9. Intergenerational Cultural Trauma and the National Museum of the American Indian
Ernest Stromberg

Chapter 10. Public Memory as Contested Site: The Struggle for Existence at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Timothy J. Brown

Chapter 11. Extending the National Narrative: The MLK Memorial and the Museum of African American History and Culture
Lisa Benton-Short

Chapter 12. Memorials behind the One We See: The Story of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
Karen A. Franck

Chapter 13. Stepping into History: Time and Dialogue in the Progressive Experience of the FDR Memorial
Catherine L. Langford

Chapter 14. Conclusion: Soul Searching and Public Memory on the National Mall
Roger C. Aden