America By Design: Monuments

Duration: 60

Year Published: 1987

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines the importance of public places and monuments in the demonstration of collective pride, history, and tragedy. Notes the impact of Frederick Law Olmsted's Central Park in New York, as well as the importance of America's Civil War memorials, the Statue of Liberty, the St. Louis Memorial Arch, and Washington's Vietnam Veterans War Memorial.

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