| War Monuments, Museums and Library Collections of 20th Century Conflicts: A Directory of United States Sites Contributor(s): Rajtar, Steve (Author), Franks, Frances Elizabeth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786443383 ISBN-13: 9780786443383 Publisher: McFarland & Company OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 Annotation: In Syracuse, New Yorks Pulaski Park, a bronze WWI soldier stands on a rock with his bayonet pointed out in front, ready to attack German forces. This is just one example of the works of art or other kinds of memorials to conflicts in which tens of thousands of people fought or suffered. This directory identifies such sites and makes them accessible to the traveler or researcher. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Reference - History | Military - General |
| Dewey: 973.025 |
| LCCN: 2001007256 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 8" W x 10.9" (1.67 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This unique state-by-state directory covers monuments, memorials, museums, markers, statues and library collections that relate to the veterans, weapons, vehicles, airplanes, victims or any other aspect of war in which the United States participated. While a site may have been created before 1900 (such as a fort), there must be some operational or historical tie to a twentieth century conflict to be included here. General collections, such as museums of aviation, are included if they house materials related to a twentieth century conflict. The coverage is so thorough that statues honoring veterans of the Civil War appear if veterans of later wars are on their rosters of honorees. Another example of the comprehensiveness of this compilation is in the inclusion of memorials to victims of war such as the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Texas. For each site, the following information is given: street address, phone number, website and email address (if applicable), days and hours of operation, admission fees, other necessary information, and a brief description of the site. |