The Town, 118 (Event)

Submitted by sfr on Sat, 2018-06-09 14:05
Text: 
The Town
Location: 
Jefferson Square Monuments in The Town (Location)
Page Number: 
118
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
when they unveiled the Confederate monument that day
Page Event Ends: 
118
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Unnamed Confederate Veterans
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, January 1, 1905 to Saturday, December 31, 1910
Summary: 

Charles compares the celebration on the day World War I ends with "that day" when they "unveiled the Confederate monument" in Courthouse Square (118). (Though this novel doesn't give a specific date for the event, in Requiem for a Nun the monument is unveiled in 1900. Historically, the monument at the courthouse in Oxford, Mississippi, was unveiled in 1906.)

Chronological Order: 
13.10
Indeterminate Date Range: 
Keywords: 
Monument: Confederate The South: Lost Cause
Cultural Issues:
Cultural Identity›Lost Cause
Themes and Motifs:
Objects›Monument | Recurring Tropes›Confederate monument
Aesthetics:
Recurring Episodes›Confederate monument unveiled

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