Bennett H. Young and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation

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dc.contributorPenn State Yorken
dc.contributor.authorGiguere, Joy M.en
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.spatialKentuckyen
dc.coverage.spatialVirginiaen
dc.coverage.spatialArlingtonen
dc.coverage.temporalLate 19th centuryen
dc.coverage.temporalEarly 20th centuryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T03:30:22Zen
dc.date.available2016-09-13T03:30:22Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11en
dc.description.abstractServing twice as Commander-in-Chief of the United Confederate Veterans, and then holding the title of Honorary Commander-in-Chief for Life until his death in 1919, Bennett H. Young was an instrumental figure in expanding the Lost Cause memorialization movement by actively supporting monument projects, attending dedication events, and giving countless orations. Throughout these activities, Young's leadership and visibility vested him with a great deal of authority when it came to shaping the minds of ex-Confederates on issues related to the Lost Cause and white reconciliation. While these two ideals were, and remain today, fundamentally at odds with each other, Young often intertwined them in his speeches, at once exhorting his audiences to revere the cause of the South but to also put to rest old prejudices for the sake of working toward a modern era of peace and prosperity. This paper examines his position as a leader of the Lost Cause movement, with a particular focus on his address delivered at the unveiling of the Confederate Soldiers' Monument at Arlington National Cemetery in 1914.en
dc.description.notesPresented at Race and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Society, which took place in Roanoke, VA from November 12-14, 2015.en
dc.description.notesConference hosted by the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Department of English http://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.format.extent10 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierGiguere_Bennett_H_Young_and_the_Rhetoric_of_Reconciliation.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72927en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://veteransinsociety.wordpress.com/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderGiguere, Joy M.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectBennett H. Youngen
dc.subjectUnited Confederate Veteransen
dc.subjectUnited Daughters of the Confederacyen
dc.subjectArlington National Cemeteryen
dc.subjectConfederate Soldiers' Monumenten
dc.subjectLost Causeen
dc.subjectReconciliationen
dc.subjectViSen
dc.subjectVeterans in Societyen
dc.subjectRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.titleBennett H. Young and the Rhetoric of Reconciliationen
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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