P 271 Index Adams, John, 4, 6 African Americans, 10–11, 74–82, 105– 9, 120, 155–57, 171n5, 246–57, 262 Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems (Poe), 223, 227, 229 Albright, Horace, 12 Alexander, Edward, 165 Alexander, William, Jr., 115 Alice Paul Award, 201 Alice Paul Centennial Foundation, 202 Alice Paul Institute (API), 198–215 Alice Paul Leadership Program, 205–6 Allan, John and Frances, 222 America: Civil War and, 7–10, 114–15, 121; class and, 18, 21, 155–58; Communism and, 50, 243, 246– 50, 255n25; environmentalism and, 31–36; gender and, 5, 197–215; historical memory and, 1, 14, 263; immigrants and immigration and, 10, 15, 27–47; log-cabin narratives and, 3; motherhood tropes and, 7–8, 10, 19, 49–71, 220–22, 226, 232, 234, 262; natal nationalism and, 6, 8, 10–11, 18–19, 50–51, 73–93, 97–98, 104, 107–8, 121, 137; official histories of, 5; pastoral memory and, 178–81; patriotism and, 5–14, 134–38; presidents and, 1–5, 11–14, 17–18, 24n28, 49–71, 73–93, 199; public memory and, 53–62; racism and, 3, 5, 10–15, 74– 75, 77–91, 105–6, 242, 244, 246–51, 255n18; religion and, 8, 133–51, 208–13; theater’s importance in, 219–21, 233. See also gender; memory; museums; National Register of Historic Places; race; specific people and places American Antiquarian Society, 237 American Civil Liberties Union, 255n18 American Gothic (painting), 180 American Legion, 247 American Political Items Collectors, 84 American Prophet (documentary), 148 The American Woman’s Home (Stowe and Stowe), 7 Andrews, Charles, 122 And There I Stood with My Piccolo (Willson), 178 Andy Warhol Foundation, 206 Anthony, Susan B., 20, 203, 209 Arato, Christine, 3, 18, 49–71 Archery (Georgia), 83–87, 90–91 Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, 41 Armes, Ethel, 114–17, 121–23, 125–26 Armet, Graeme, 41 Army Corps of Engineers, 104, 106–7 Arnold, Eliza, 220. See also Poe, Eliza Arnold, Elizabeth, 220, 233–34 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library, 203 Aston, Frank, 179 Atechson, Tex, 154 Atkins, Chet, 171n5 Atkinson, Brooks, 179 authenticity (concept), 16–18, 41–44, 62–68, 95–111, 146–49, 162–66, 260–64 Baltimore (Maryland), 218 Bankhead, Tallulah, 177 272 p INDEX Baptism in Kansas (painting), 180 Barkley, Alben W., 118 Barton, Clara, 11, 20 Baudelaire, Charles, 231 Baudrillard, Jean, 193 Baylis, William, 220 Bean Blossom (Indiana), 169, 171 Becker, Carl, 266 Beckwith, Howard, 247 Bellefonte, Harry, 246 Benton, Thomas Hart, 180 “Berenice” (Poe), 232 Berkshire Courier, 246 Berkshire Eagle (newspaper), 247 Berkshire Record, 252 Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation, 251 The Big Show, 177 The Bill Monroe Reader (Ewing), 168 Bingham, Aleen, 123 Birthers, 1–2, 4 “The Birthplace” (James), 6, 31, 260, 262, 264 The Birthplace of Herbert Hoover (Wood), 13 Birthplace of Roger Williams (Waters), 8 birthplaces: authenticity and, 16–18, 30, 41–44, 62, 95–111, 118–19, 162–66, 217–39, 260; booster organizations for, 28, 35–37, 52, 74, 79, 86–91, 99, 108, 114–16, 118, 137–43, 157, 166–71, 185–90, 202–8, 235–37, 246, 248–51; commemorative history of, 4–14; definitions of, 29; economics and funding of, 5, 9, 37–45, 74, 99–100, 102–4, 115–16, 118, 139–43, 166–71, 176, 185–94, 202–8, 235–37, 251; interpretation and, 14–19, 41–45, 54–55, 102–5, 162–66, 206–8, 251–52, 259–67; in literature, 6, 13, 99, 260, 262, 264; living subjects and, 86–91; memory and, 1, 5, 14, 28, 51, 85, 122–28, 166–71; monumentbuilding and, 133–36; museology and, 28–31, 39–43, 55, 80–86, 121–28, 148–49, 162–66, 259–67; official standards for, 13–14, 20–21, 162, 203–4; patriotism and, 1–2, 5–14, 104, 134–38; presidents and, 1–3; race and, 78–86, 88–91, 243– 50, 252, 262; sacred or religious nature of, 8, 27–28, 101–2, 108, 131–51, 160–62, 167, 206, 259–67; tourism and, 8, 24n28, 36, 169–71, 185–87, 235–37, 252–53; in the UK, 43–44; women’s commemoration and, 5, 197–215, 262 Black, Bill, 41 Black History Month, 106 Black Reconstruction (Du Bois), 242, 252 Blanton, H. J., 99 Blenheim Palace, 29 “The Blind Mother” (Tuckerman), 231 Bloomgarden, Kermit, 179 Blue Grass Boys, 156 Bluegrass music, 153–56, 163–66 “Blue Moon of Kentucky” (song), 164...