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American nationalism, patriotism and citizenship are proudly on display at historical sites across America-but they are also contested and reshaped by visitors and their engagement with those places. In Exhibiting Patriotism, Bergman analyzes exhibits, interpretive materials, and orientation films at major US sites, from Mt. Rushmore and to the USS Arizona Memorial, where controversy has erupted over the stories they tell about the past. She shows how historic narratives are the result of dynamic relationships between institutions and the public, and how these relationships are changing i

Historic sites --- Visitors' centers --- Historiography --- USS Arizona Memorial (Hawaii) --- Lincoln Memorial (Washington, D.C.) --- Memorials --- National parks and reserves --- Arizona Memorial (Hawaii) --- War memorials --- World War, 1939-1945 --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Interpretive centers, Visitor --- Orientation centers for visitors --- Visitor centers --- Visitor interpretive centers --- Public buildings --- Heritage places, Historic --- Heritage sites, Historic --- Historic heritage places --- Historic heritage sites --- Historic places --- Historical sites --- Places, Historic --- Sites, Historic --- Archaeology --- Historic buildings --- Monuments --- World Heritage areas --- Interpretive programs --- Social aspects --- Criticism --- California State Railroad Museum. --- California. --- CSRRM --- Railroad History Museum (Sacramento, Calif.) --- Sacramento Railroad Museum --- Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.) --- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (S.D.)