Mourning the Presidents

Download or read book Mourning the Presidents written by Lindsay M. Chervinsky and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2023-02-20 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The death of a chief executive, regardless of the circumstances—sudden or expected, still in office or decades later—is always a moment of reckoning and reflection. Mourning the Presidents brings together renowned and emerging scholars to examine how different generations and communities of Americans have eulogized and remembered US presidents since George Washington’s death in 1799. Over twelve individually illuminating chapters, this volume offers a unique approach to understanding American culture and politics by uncovering parallels between different generations of mourners, highlighting distinct experiences, and examining what presidential deaths can tell us about societal fissures at various critical points in the nation’s history, right up to the present moment.