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Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Frock Coat And Flag: Union Soldier Markers In Central Maine, Kimberly Sawtelle
Frock Coat And Flag: Union Soldier Markers In Central Maine, Kimberly Sawtelle
Kimberly J. Sawtelle
The Frock Coat and Flag motif of gravestone is a short-lived memorial theme borne from a compressed period of American history. The horrors, tragedy, and impact of the U.S. Civil War on American civilians and a lack of a comprehensive plan by the U.S. Congress to provide means or methods to bury and mark the graves of soldiers who died in service contributed to the manifestation of a portrait-style grave marker used by families in a relatively compact geographic region of central Maine between 1861 and 1864.
Palestinian Refugees And Their Oral Histories: History's Silence, Memory's Burden, Randa Farah
Palestinian Refugees And Their Oral Histories: History's Silence, Memory's Burden, Randa Farah
Randa R Farah Dr.
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Messengers From The Past, Anastasia Tsaliki
Messengers From The Past, Anastasia Tsaliki
Anastasia Tsaliki
Participation in this documentary directed by Gianni Minelli and produced by Zeeva Production in English and in Italian.
"On September 26th, 1997, a violent earthquake shook central Italy. The effects were devastating. Television stations from all over the world broadcasted images of the incomparable artistic heritage that risked being destroyed forever. In Monsanpolo del Tronto, a small town in the Marches, the earthquake damaged the beautiful church Maria Santissima Assunta. A few years later, during the restoration of the church, a sensational discovery was made: twenty perfectly preserved mummies from the middle of the sixteenth century wearing their original clothes. …