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The Property of the Nation - George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President (Hardcover)
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The Property of the Nation - George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President (Hardcover)
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George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that
republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young
country's survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the
"elitist" label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington
evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man
of the common people, the father of democracy. This memory, we
learn in The Property of the Nation, was a deliberately constructed
image, shaped and reshaped over time, generally in service of one
cause or another. Matthew R. Costello traces this process through
the story of Washington's tomb, whose history and popularity
reflect the building of a memory of America's first president-of,
by, and for the American people. Washington's resting place at his
beloved Mount Vernon estate was at times as contested as his iconic
image; and in Costello's telling, the many attempts to move the
first president's bodily remains offer greater insight to the issue
of memory and hero worship in early America. While describing the
efforts of politicians, business owners, artists, and storytellers
to define, influence, and profit from the memory of Washington at
Mount Vernon, this book's main focus is the memory-making process
that took place among American citizens. As public access to the
tomb increased over time, more and more ordinary Americans were
drawn to Mount Vernon, and their participation in this
nationalistic ritual helped further democratize Washington in the
popular imagination. Shifting our attention from official days of
commemoration and publicly orchestrated events to spontaneous
visits by citizens, Costello's book clearly demonstrates in
compelling detail how the memory of George Washington slowly but
surely became The Property of the Nation.
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