The Winston Memorial Chapel, 1907-09, Winston, Culpeper County, Virginia

The monograph presents the most interesting events, trends in the social development of Virginia mainly of the XVIII century, the brightest period in the early history of America. ...

At his last supper Jesus said, “Do this as a memorial (in remembrance) of me.” It is frequently said by liturgical scholars and biblical theologians that the concept used by Jesus,...

This illustrated A–Z biographical companion presents information about all aspects of Winston Churchill's remarkable career, spotlighting the events and people with whom he was mos...

Today a forgotten figure, Bourke Cockran was acclaimed during his lifetime as America's greatest orator. He was also the lover of Jenny Churchill - Winston's mother - after the dea...

Photography began almost 150 years ago with the nearly simultaneous invention of two types of photographic processes, the daguerreotype and the Talbotype or calotype. On January 7,...

Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist. Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of class...

Chapter 4 demonstrates the commonplace nature of witnessing in the symbolic language and embodied habitudes of witnessing at contemporary memorials. The premise that liberal-democr...

This chapter focuses on several prominent black religious institutions in Illinois, including Quinn Chapel. The establishment of Negro churches in Illinois dates from the late 1830...