Interpreting Sacred Ground: The Rhetoric of National Civil War Parks and Battlefields

Authors

Mark Ehlers

ISBN

9780817317751

Price

$34.95

Publisher

University of Alabama Press

Abstract

Examining Narratives of Public History

In 1990s, the National Park Service (NPS) shifted its focus from simply preserving historic sites to interpreting them within a historical framework. This change presents challenges—particularly in the case of the American Civil War where the contest....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.16.4.17

Recommended Citation

Ehlers, Mark (2014) "Interpreting Sacred Ground: The Rhetoric of National Civil War Parks and Battlefields," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 16 : Iss. 4 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.16.4.17
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol16/iss4/16