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Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution
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Troubled Commemoration
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"The first comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Civil War Centennial, Troubled Commemoration masterfully depicts the episode as an essential window into the polit