From Revolutionary War heroes to navy cruisers : the role of public history and military history in Vincennes, Indiana
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2012
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American English
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2012
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Department of History
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Indiana University
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This thesis looks at the role that public history, expressed through civic pride and public memory, and military history have played in shaping the history of Vincennes, Indiana, from the battle fought by George Rogers Clark to the memorial named after him and finally with the four United States Navy ships named Vincennes.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)
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Vincennes (Ind.) -- History, Military, Collective memory -- Indiana -- Vincennes -- History, Memorials -- Indiana -- Vincennes -- History, Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 -- History -- Biography, Northwest, Old -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns, United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783, Middle West -- History, George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (Vincennes, Ind.), Frontier and pioneer life -- Northwest, Old -- History, Civic improvement -- Indiana -- Vincennes -- History, Civic leaders -- Indiana -- Vincennes -- History, Vincennes (Ind.) -- Buildings, structures, etc., Vincennes (Cruiser : CA-44), Vincennes (Cruiser : CG-49), Vincennes (Cruiser : CL-64), Vincennes (Sloop of war)
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