From Mourning to Monuments: How American Society Memorialized the Dead After 1945

Author

Eugenia M. Wolovich, CUNY Hunter CollegeFollow

Date of Award

Summer 8-9-2019

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Jonathan Rosenberg

Second Advisor

Jill Rosenthal

Academic Program Adviser

Jonathan Rosenberg

Abstract

The following four memorials — the World War II Memorial in The Fens in Boston, the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park, the Pennsylvania Railroad World War II Memorial in the 30th Street Station, and the East Coast War Memorial in Battery Park — suggest that mid-twentieth century commemorative architecture possessed defining characteristics that differentiated them from monuments of the previous era and from each other. These unique qualities make it difficult to define this architectural period in a unified way because multiple forms of memorials arose in the wake of World War II.

Recommended Citation

Wolovich, Eugenia M., "From Mourning to Monuments: How American Society Memorialized the Dead After 1945" (2019). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/524