{"product_id":"the-buried-cause-unearthing-hidden-history-in-the-lee-monument-cornerstone-paperback","title":"The Buried Cause: Unearthing Hidden History in the Lee Monument Cornerstone - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Ridgway\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChristina Keyser Vida\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Moore\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCasting a modern light on memories and artifacts of the Civil War\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In December 2021, a copper box filled with artifacts that had been buried beneath the statue of Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Virginia, for 134 years was opened with great ceremony. Newspaper articles from 1887 had dubbed these mementos of Lee and life in the capital during and after the Civil War \"cornerstone contributions.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Buried Cause\u003c\/i\u003e, historians, curators, preservationists, and other experts from across the commonwealth come together to analyze these individual contributions, which include Masonic and military calling cards, copper coins gathered by the young sons of a Confederate veteran, a photograph of a memorial window in the Confederate Memorial Chapel, Southern bonds and currency, muster rolls and medals and reunion programs, and more. The essays also uncover and reveal to readers the lives of the people who donated the objects, the ceremonies that enshrined them, as well as the communities disregarded and unaccounted for in this material snapshot of the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKatherine Ridgway\u003c\/b\u003e is State Archaeological Conservator at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. \u003cb\u003eChristina Keyser Vida\u003c\/b\u003e is Elise H. Wright Curator of General Collections at the Valentine in Richmond, Virginia. \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is State Archaeologist at the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.99 x 7.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 20, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978254614829,"sku":"9780813954240","price":26.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/c9UTrGL6NT9780813954240.webp?v=1775801280","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-buried-cause-unearthing-hidden-history-in-the-lee-monument-cornerstone-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}