The Politics of Mourning - Mcelya, Micki
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Arlington National Cemetery is Americäs most sacred shrine, a destination for four million visitors who each year tour its grounds and honor those buried there. For many, Arlington¿s symbolic importance places it beyond politics. Yet as Micki McElya shows, no site in the United States plays a more political role in shaping national identity.

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Arlington National Cemetery is Americäs most sacred shrine, a destination for four million visitors who each year tour its grounds and honor those buried there. For many, Arlington¿s symbolic importance places it beyond politics. Yet as Micki McElya shows, no site in the United States plays a more political role in shaping national identity.
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Micki McElya is Professor of History at the University of Connecticut. She is the author of Clinging to Mammy: The Faithful Slave in Twentieth-Century America and of The Politics of Mourning: Death and Honor in Arlington National Cemetery, which won the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize and the Sharon Harris Award and was a finalist for the Jefferson Davis Award and the Pulitzer Prize.