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Gardella, Peter. 2014. American Civil Religion: What Americans Hold Sacred. Oxford University Press.
Chapters: What is American civil religion?; America: the name, the concept, and the word; Jamestown and its anniversaries; The Mayflower Compact ; Plymouth Rock, the Pilgrims, and the Indians; City on a hill: from Jesus to Winthrop, Kennedy, and Reagan; The Freedom Trail and Boston Common; The Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, and the slave quarters ; The flag; The Declaration of Independence; The Great Seal and the dollar bill; The Constitution; Washington, D.C.: the city, the Capitol, and the White House; The Star-Spangled Banner; The Washington Monument; The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address; Lincoln's second inaugural address; Arlington National Cemetery; The Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island; America the Beautiful; The Lincoln Memorial; Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills; God Bless America ; This Land is Your Land; The four freedoms; Iwo Jima: the picture, the monuments, and the battle; Disney parks; The Kennedy inaugural; Kings' speeches: the Mall (1963) and Memphis (1968); Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Transforming the National Mall; Ground zero, martyrdom, and empire; Conflict, consensus, and the future
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Raven 9/10, covering 2002 and 2003, appears as a special double issue, American City Flags. This milestone vexillological work contains 150 articles dedicated to descriptions and histories of municipal flags of the United States. The cities represented include the largest 100 cities in the country, at least two cities per state, and all state capitals. This double volume parallels the landmark 1996–1997 double issue Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States. Dr. Purcell and entire the editorial team was awarded the coveted Vexillon by the Fédération internationale des associations veillologiques in 2005 for the most important contribution to world vexillology in the previous two years. The companion volume Canadian City Flags was published in 2011. With 400 text pages, grayscale illustrations throughout, and 16 color plates, the softcover book represents the culmination of 40 years of research by John Purcell.
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Raven 3/4, covering 1996 and 1997, appears as a special double issue covering Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States. With 211 text pages, grayscale illustrations throughout, and 16 color plates, the softcover book represents the culmination of 40 years of research by Donald T. Healy. Versions of this work were delivered at the 16th International Congress of Vexillology in Warsaw, Poland in 1995, and at the 17th Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1997. [p. vi]
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Raven 9/10, covering 2002 and 2003, appears as a special double issue, American City Flags. This milestone vexillological work contains 150 articles dedicated to descriptions and histories of municipal flags of the United States. The cities represented include the largest 100 cities in the country, at least two cities per state, and all state capitals. This double volume parallels the landmark 1996–1997 double issue Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States. Dr. Purcell and entire the editorial team was awarded the coveted Vexillon by the Fédération internationale des associations veillologiques in 2005 for the most important contribution to world vexillology in the previous two years. The companion volume Canadian City Flags was published in 2011. With 400 text pages, grayscale illustrations throughout, and 16 color plates, the softcover book represents the culmination of 40 years of research by John Purcell.
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Raven 3/4, covering 1996 and 1997, appears as a special double issue covering Flags of the Native Peoples of the United States. With 211 text pages, grayscale illustrations throughout, and 16 color plates, the softcover book represents the culmination of 40 years of research by Donald T. Healy. Versions of this work were delivered at the 16th International Congress of Vexillology in Warsaw, Poland in 1995, and at the 17th Congress in Cape Town, South Africa, in 1997. [p. vi]
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