These Honored Dead
Subtitle: How The Story Of Gettysburg Shaped American Memory
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: November 2, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9780306813825
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; Nationalism; U.S. History - Civil War And Reconstruction (1860-1877); History; History - Military / War; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; Historiography; Military - United States; United States - Civil War; Political Ideologies - Nationalism; Civil War, 1861-1865; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysb; Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863; Influence; Memory; National characteristics, American; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: After the motorcade halted at the base of an observation tower in the midst of the Gettysburg battlefield, President Dwight Eisenhower stepped out of the car just ahead of his guest, British general Bernard Montgomery.