Coonerty, Ryan
Etched in stone : enduring words from our nation's monuments / by Ryan Coonerty ; photographed by Carol M. Highsmith ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007. - 191 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Praise of Public Lives --
George Washington Masonic National Memorial --
Thomas Jefferson Memorial --
Lincoln Memorial --
Clemens Center --
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial --
Albert Einstein Memorial --
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library --
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel --
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial --
Ordinary Heroes --
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument --
Minute Man National Historic Park --
Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial --
Gettysburg National Military Park --
National D-Day Memorial --
World War II Memorial --
Marine Corps War Memorial --
Korean War Veterans Memorial --
Vietnam Veterans Memorial --
United States Navy Memorial --
Fire Museum of Memphis --
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial --
Bearing Witness --
Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial --
Slavery Monument --
Angel Island Immigration Station --
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial --
Japanese American Historical Plaza --
New England Holocaust Memorial --
National Holocaust Memorial Museum --
Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial --
Blacklist Sculpture Garden --
Oklahoma City National Memorial --
World Trade Center Memorial --
Pentagon Memorial --
Flight 93 National Memorial --
A More Perfect Union --
National Constitution Center --
U.S Supreme Court Building --
Statue of Liberty --
Library of Congress --
Women's Rights National Historic Park --
Civil Rights Memorial --
Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark --
Tribune Tower --
Yamhill Street --
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts --
IBM Schoolhouse --
Dexter Gate at Harvard University --
Palo Alto Medical Foundation --
International Peace Garden --
Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Full-color, illustrated photographs that describe fifty inscribed monuments from across America that pays tribute to events and people throughout the nation's history, including the Lincoln Memorial, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials, the Murrah Federal Building display in Oklahoma City, and September 11 memorials.
9781426200267 1426200269
9781426200267
2006031903
National monuments--United States
National monuments--United States--Pictorial works
Memorials--United States
Historic sites--United States
Inscriptions--United States
National characteristics, American--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Values--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.
United States--Civilization--Quotations, maxims, etc.
E159 / .C774 2007
973.0222 Coo 15
Etched in stone : enduring words from our nation's monuments / by Ryan Coonerty ; photographed by Carol M. Highsmith ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley. - Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, c2007. - 191 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In Praise of Public Lives --
George Washington Masonic National Memorial --
Thomas Jefferson Memorial --
Lincoln Memorial --
Clemens Center --
Theodore Roosevelt Memorial --
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial --
Albert Einstein Memorial --
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library --
Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel --
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial --
Ordinary Heroes --
Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument --
Minute Man National Historic Park --
Robert Gould Shaw and 54th Regiment Memorial --
Gettysburg National Military Park --
National D-Day Memorial --
World War II Memorial --
Marine Corps War Memorial --
Korean War Veterans Memorial --
Vietnam Veterans Memorial --
United States Navy Memorial --
Fire Museum of Memphis --
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial --
Bearing Witness --
Salem Village Witchcraft Victims' Memorial --
Slavery Monument --
Angel Island Immigration Station --
Clayton Jackson McGhie Memorial --
Japanese American Historical Plaza --
New England Holocaust Memorial --
National Holocaust Memorial Museum --
Idaho Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial --
Blacklist Sculpture Garden --
Oklahoma City National Memorial --
World Trade Center Memorial --
Pentagon Memorial --
Flight 93 National Memorial --
A More Perfect Union --
National Constitution Center --
U.S Supreme Court Building --
Statue of Liberty --
Library of Congress --
Women's Rights National Historic Park --
Civil Rights Memorial --
Michigan Labor Legacy Landmark --
Tribune Tower --
Yamhill Street --
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts --
IBM Schoolhouse --
Dexter Gate at Harvard University --
Palo Alto Medical Foundation --
International Peace Garden --
Grauman's Chinese Theatre.
Full-color, illustrated photographs that describe fifty inscribed monuments from across America that pays tribute to events and people throughout the nation's history, including the Lincoln Memorial, World War II, Korean, and Vietnam memorials, the Murrah Federal Building display in Oklahoma City, and September 11 memorials.
9781426200267 1426200269
9781426200267
2006031903
National monuments--United States
National monuments--United States--Pictorial works
Memorials--United States
Historic sites--United States
Inscriptions--United States
National characteristics, American--Quotations, maxims, etc.
Values--United States--Quotations, maxims, etc.
United States--Civilization--Quotations, maxims, etc.
E159 / .C774 2007
973.0222 Coo 15