The Town, 118 (Event)

Text: 
Page Number: 
118
Order within Page: 
2
First 8-10 words of event: 
when they unveiled the Confederate monument that day
Page Event Ends: 
118
Era: 
Turn of the Century (1890-1913)
Characters Present: 
Narrative Status: 
Narrated
Date: 
Sunday, January 1, 1905 to Saturday, December 31, 1910
Summary: 

Charles compares the celebration on the day World War I ends with "that day" when they "unveiled the Confederate monument" in Courthouse Square (118). (Though this novel doesn't give a specific date for the event, in Requiem for a Nun the monument is unveiled in 1900. Historically, the monument at the courthouse in Oxford, Mississippi, was unveiled in 1906.)

Chronological Order: 
13.10
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Keywords: 
Monument: Confederate The South: Lost Cause

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