Marietta History Center to have Author Talk with Shannon Bontrager, Ph.D. on June 9
May 13—The Marietta History Center, 1 Depot Street in Marietta, will have an Author Talk & Book signing with Shannon Bontrager, Ph.D., on June 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room or streamable through Facebook.
Bontrager will share his newest publication, "Death at the Edges of Empire: Fallen Soldiers, Cultural Memory, and the Making of an American Nation, 1863-1921."
He is a Professor of History at Georgia Highlands College in Cartersville specializing in Military History, U.S. History and World History. "Death at the Edges of Empire" follows and examines American commemorations of the war dead from the Gettysburg Address to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to uncover the modern cultural memories that citizens developed to help them justify an age of empire. Bontrager will also include discussions on his research on the Marietta National Cemetery.
Tickets are free for members, $10 non-members.
For more information, call 770-794-5710.
