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The Monument On Zion Hill: An Address Delivered At Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., On Patriots Day, Wednesday, September 11, 1895

The Monument On Zion Hill: An Address Delivered At Ephrata, Lancaster County, Pa., On Patriots Day, Wednesday, September 11, 1895

Friedrich Sachse, Julius

Paperback

General ReferenceColonial Period (1600-1775)Regional: South

ISBN10: 9354448518
ISBN13: 9789354448515
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Mar 5 2021
Pages: 20
Weight: 0.10
Height: 0.05 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On a hillside above Ephrata, memory gathered in stone and silence. History lives in quiet places. In The Monument on Zion Hill, Julius Friedrich Sachse, one of Pennsylvania's most careful chroniclers, delivers a historic commemorative address on Patriots Day 1895, marking an American Revolution memorial in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. With the cadence of a revolutionary war oration and the intimacy of a pennsylvania local history pamphlet, Sachse evokes the sacrifices of soldiers and civilians linked to the Ephrata Cloister, and to the wider struggle for independence. His 19th century American speech captures both patriotic fervour and reflective mourning, offering an authentic voice from a later generation still shaping the memory of the primary source American Revolution. For readers drawn to ephrata cloister history and Lancaster County Pennsylvania history, this address opens a window onto how a community chose to remember its dead more than a century after the conflict. It serves as a resonant Patriots Day remembrance, valuable both to researchers of colonial America and to revolutionary war history buffs seeking context beyond the battlefield. As a case study in American patriotic speeches study, it illuminates how public memory, local piety, and national identity intertwined at the close of the 19th century. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today, a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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