Isbn: 9780971292017 - lest the ages forget: kansas city's liberty memorial (4 Ergebnisse)

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Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Fine copy in hardcover with fine jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. Format is approximately 11 inches by 11.75 inches. xiii, [1], 188, [2] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations. Includes Foreword by Doran L. Cart, Introduction by Major K. Graham Fuschak, 7 chapters, an Index, and Acknowledgments. Lest the Ages Forget : Kansas City's Liberty Memorial, tells the story of that great monument to World War I. From the selection of architect H. Van Buren Magonigle's soaring, triumphant design, to the historic 1998 restoration drive, Lest the Age Forget recounts the fortunes of Kansas City's most visible and proudest landmark. The author has been with The Kansas City Star for more than a quarter century. He is the Community engagement editor and previously had been Director of research and information/Public editor. In this industrious agricultural metropolis, a group of community leaders led an ambitious campaign in 1919 to raise money for the construction of lasting tribute in stone for the brave men and women who served their country in The Great War. The men, women and children of Kansas City came together in an unprecedented outpouring of generosity, patriotism and tribute. In only 10 days, and in the middle of a deadly influenza epidemic, Kansas Citizens gave generously to the fund drive, whose slogan was "Lest the Ages Forget." The final tally came to over $2.5 million, of which $2 million would go to construct the Liberty Memorial. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing.…