Flags, Stamps, and Coins: Yale Scholar Traces Markers of U.S. Sovereignty
April 20, 2024
April 20, 2024
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, April 20 (TNSres) -- Yale University issued the following news:
By Lisa Prevost
When the United States claimed sovereignty over a handful of overseas territories around the turn of the 20th century, object lessons in American patriotism followed straight away.
The American flag was immediately raised above schoolhouses and government buildings. Postage stamps and money were reprinted with images of American symbols and heroes. Nation . . .
By Lisa Prevost
When the United States claimed sovereignty over a handful of overseas territories around the turn of the 20th century, object lessons in American patriotism followed straight away.
The American flag was immediately raised above schoolhouses and government buildings. Postage stamps and money were reprinted with images of American symbols and heroes. Nation . . .