Purcell, Sarah J. <br/><br/>
Sealed with Blood :  War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (289 pages) 
 - Early American Studies .
 - Early American Studies .
<br/><br/>Cover -- Contents -- Introduction: Public Memory and the Revolutionary War -- 1 "Blood-Bought Fame": National Identity and Commemoration During the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 -- 2 "Gratitude Shall Be Written on Our Hearts": The Nation and Military Gratitude, 1781-1789 -- 3 "Republican Emblems" and "Popular Devices": Heroes and Their Audiences in an Age of Party Conflict, 1790-1800 -- 4 National Crisis and Destabilized Memory, 1801-1819 -- 5 The Return of Lafayette: Memory and the National Future, 1820-1825 -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Acknowledgments. 
<br/><br/> "An exemplary study of public memory because of its wide vision, its attentiveness to context, and its careful delineation of change over time."--David Waldstreicher, author of In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780812203028 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Memory-Social aspects-United States-History-18th century.<br/>Memory-Social aspects-United States-History-19th century.<br/>National characteristics, American.<br/>Nationalism-United States-History-18th century.<br/>Nationalism-United States-History-19th century.<br/>Political culture-United States-History-18th century.<br/>Political culture-United States-History-19th century.<br/>United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Social aspects.<br/>United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Monuments.<br/>United States-History-Revolution, 1775-1783-Influence.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E209 -- .P93 2010eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.3