“100 Cities 100 Memorials: Restoration, Recognition & Remembrance” (J. Wingate) [Hardcover, 2024]

100 CITIES 100 MEMORIALS: RESTORATION, RECOGNITION & REMEMBRANCE is the first work to commemorate the 100 official national World War One memorials of the United States. As selected by the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Chicago, and the Congress-appointed World War I Centennial Commission, these diverse monuments mirror the depth and breadth of the stories of dedication, sacrifice, and heroism they reflect.

With more than 230 archival images, vintage posters, and contemporary and specially commissioned photographs, this richly illustrated volume journeys from Hawaii to Maine, North Dakota to Florida, and Arizona to Illinois to celebrate the varied tributes formed of metal, stone, and memory. The compelling text by art historian Professor Jennifer Wingate (author of SCULPTING DOUGHBOYS: MEMORY, GENDER, AND TASTE IN AMERICA’S WORLD WAR I MEMORIALS) provides a deeper understanding of each memorial and salutes the many organizations today that bridge past and present to maintain and honor these expressions of the nation’s heritage.

About the Author

Jennifer Wingate is a Professor of Fine Arts at St. Francis College, in Brooklyn, NY, where she teaches art history and American studies. She is the author of Sculpting Doughboys: Memory, Gender, and Taste in America’s World War I Memorials (2013), and co-editor, with Sierra Rooney and Harriet F. Senie, of the volume, Teachable Monuments: Using Public Art to Spark Dialogue and Confront Controversy (2021). Her research interests include public art, memorials, and American material culture. Wingate is currently writing a book entitled, “At Home with Political Portraits: Photographs of the Domestic Display of United States Presidents.”