A Better War: Post-Civil War, Re-remembering the American Revolution and the Founding of the Republic
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James Cremer, National Museum, Philadelphia, ca. 1873.
James Cremer, National Museum, Philadelphia, ca. 1873.
By referring to the National Museum, a historic site meant to invocate a common, national historical experience, this text is an intentional means to heal the loss of American unity and identity following the Civil War. By consequence, the stereograph, a mode of “historical tourism,” serves as a means to cultural and civic Reconstruction.
