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“‘Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause:’ Study results of a legislative and administrative history of battlefield preservation in the United States Federal Government” Dr Terence Christian, Temple University [Conf Paper] #PMAC20 (1/20) 
The US Federal Government (USFG) generally, @Interior & @NatlParkService specifically, have been at the vanguard of battlefield preservation since the field’s earliest conception. This paper reports a new study project on battlefield preservation in the USFG. #PMAC20 (2/20)
The paper presents the earliest battlefield memorialization/preservation initiatives; 19th & 20th century theme studies; current @NatlParkService preservation programming; and remit, goals, & products of the ‘Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere...’ study. #PMAC20 (3/20)
1/15 'Peterloo & the Archaeology of Protest in C19 Manchester': 2019 was the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, a peaceful protest that descended into bloodshed. What can archaeology tell us about the political & industrial landscape of the campaigners & Mcr? #PMAC20
2/15 16 August 1819 c. 60,000 people met on St Peter’s Fields Mcr to protest peacefully for Parliamentary reform. When local yeomanry tried to arrest orator Henry Hunt the crowd panicked & the 15th King’s Hussars were called to restore order leaving 15 dead & 700 injured #PMAC20
3/15 Archaeologists have explored the material evidence of the Massacre’s wider context. The protest site is mostly built over but redevelopment has enabled the investigation of several sites with Peterloo links helping to reconstruct a landscape of power & protest.
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