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Micki McElya, "The Politics of Mourning"
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December 1, 2016
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53:24Now PlayingBefore it was a “Sacred Shrine,” the site of Arlington National Cemetery was a plantation, built by slave labor; its last owner was Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Reminding us of the cemetery’s origins, McElya, associate professor of history at the University of Connecticut, shows how deeply this symbol of national honor is tangled in the nation’s most dishonorable practices. Chronicling the Tomb of the Unknowns, for instance, McElya charts the country’s gradual acknowledgment that not all American patriots are white men, and that there are many ways to embody valor.
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