Using and Abusing Hallowed Ground: America's War Battlefields

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

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1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Rachel Carson Room
Stewart Lee Udall Department of the Interior Building

Our perception of no period in American history has been more massaged, manipulated, or modified, than that of the Civil War. Chief Historian and Chief of Interpretation at Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park John Hennessy will look at how interpretation and public perception of the Civil War--especially Civil War battlefields--has evolved and changed over the decades, and more importantly why. At the center of this conversation is the National Park Service, steering a meandering course buffeted by the powerful forces of tradition and modern scholarship.

Special Assistance – For those in need of special assistance (such as an interpreter for the hearing impaired) or inquiries regarding the accessible entrance, please notify museum staff at (202) 208-4743 in advance of the program. Special needs will be accommodated whenever possible.

 

Glass negative depicting soldiers posing in front of the monument
on the Battlefield of Bull Run,Virginia, June 10, 1865.
Courtesy of Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division, LC-B817-7532.
 

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